None can stand erect in his presence, and when he sits on a chair, all present (Europeans of course excepted) squat upon the ground.

The highest seat is literally, with these people, the place of honour and the sign of rank.

So unbending are the rules in this respect, that when an English carriage which the Rajah of Lombock had sent for arrived, it was found impossible to use it because the driver's seat was the highest, and it had to be kept as a show in its coach house.

On being told the object of my visit, the Rajah at once said that he would order a house to be emptied for me, which would be much better than building one, as that would take a good deal of time.
Bad coffee and sweetmeats were given us as before.
Two days afterwards, I called on the Rajah to ask him to send a guide with me to show me the house I was to occupy.

He immediately ordered a man to be sent for, gave him instructions, and in a few minutes we were on our way.