of the ship;" and lastly saluted his Lordship as "King of all the ships." After visiting His Majesty, he was introduced to the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal Highness had not provided any suitable present for him; but it occurred to her, that her handkerchief, embellished with her coronet, would be acceptable: and Omai gratefully receiving it, immediately kissed the coronet, and made a most respectful bow to the Duchess. This politeness, so unexpected, gained him the good graces of all present.
Soon after this, he was taken to Hertford, near Huntingdon, under the care of Mr. Andrews, Surgeon of the Adventure; and, after a course of preparation, was inoculated for the small-pox, through which he passed safely. During his stay here, he was kindly entertained by Baron Dimsdale, and other respectable persons in the place. Some instances of his extreme sensibility, and tenderness of disposition, were witnessed at Hertford. He was much amused in observing some anglers fishing in a stream; but when he saw that their hooks were baited with live worms, he turned away in disgust, declaring that he would eat no fish taken by so cruel a method. One day he attended a funeral; but he was so affected, that he was unable to see it finished, and withdrew in tears from a scene so painful. When he first saw the church yard at Hertford, and was told that it was a burying place, he asked if all the people buried there had died by inoculation.
After his recovery from the small-pox, he was sumptuously entertained at Hinchingbroke, the seat of the Earl of Sandwich, in Huntingdonshire; and while he was here, the neighbouring gentlemen
