The coruscations from these brilliants were overwhelming.

As the king moved his head while speaking, every hue of the rainbow flashed and scintillated, the rays at times seeming to dart entirely across the room.
In addition, the neck of Haffgo was encircled by a double string of the same dazzling jewels, of hardly less magnitude; while the wrist of the right hand, which rested on a large javelin, was clasped by a golden bracelet of what appeared to be living fire.
The king was dressed in a species of thin cloth, gathered by a girdle at the waist.

The crimson tint of this garment was relieved by figures of the sun, moon and stars, of dragons, birds, beasts and reptiles in gold.

One of his feet was visible, disclosing a species of sandal such as is seen among the natives of the East Indies.
Had King Haffgo been encountered anywhere else, he would have been set down as a European with an unusually fair complexion.

It bore no liking to that of the African or native Murhapa.