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Ch. XVI.]
the Emperor Napoleon.
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fabulous. I described the impression Mr. Manning had made on me by his imposing appearance; his dress was like that of a Mandarin, and he wore a long black beard which reached to his waist. He had, during the war, been a prisoner in France, and had been treated with great clemency by Napoleon; thus was each party anxious to see the other. Mr. Manning had brought many very curious presents for Napoleon, which he had collected in his travels. He obtained a pass to see the emperor; he said he had been presented to the Lama, who was a very intelligent boy of seven years old; that he had gone through the same forms as the other worshippers who were admitted to the celestial presence. Napoleon asked him if he were not afraid of being seized as a spy. The traveller did not seem pleased that the emperor should have thought that his appearance could have conveyed such an impression; but he laughingly pointed to his beard and dress, and seemed much diverted

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