What difficulty I had to restrain myself from snatching my child from his bearers, and embracing him! My sons were equally agitated; Fritz was darting forward, but the missionary restrained him.

Francis, somewhat alarmed at his position, had his eyes cast down, and had not yet seen us.

When the king was within twenty yards of us, they stopped, and all the savages prostrated themselves before him; we alone remained standing.

Then Francis saw us, and uttered a piercing cry, calling out, "Papa! dear brothers!" He struggled to quit the shoulders of his bearers, but they held him too firmly.

It was impossible to restrain ourselves longer; we all cried out, and mingled our tears and lamentations.