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national anthem, and the bands of the Ameri can, Engl1eh, French and
other
var-etupe taking their part in 'turn , The chief officers of state were t..ll8re, 8180
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the repreeentatives of different natlonalltieB, and everybody e j.ee CrOll Prince to
begge'r ,
After a time there vae a lull in the mudc and JIl8n1fsstatlone of loyalty,
e'tc , , and 0011 Pedro's eyes vandered over the thousands of spectators, and alighted
on the stalwart figure of the "Captain of the Main-top", of t he Lencaeter-, Mr.
Dut;gan, and His Majest7 beckoned him, but, of course, Mr. Duggan neeer- , for a
moment, thou!:ht it \188 to him the honor vas done, and remained in his place in
the front rank of the spectators. The Emperor, eeefng t hat Hr. Duggan did not
move,
sent one of his attendants to request. him to come forvard 8:!1 His Majesty
viehed to speak to him , and Mr. Duggan, not the least bal!!hful, vent, towards the
Emperor, the cr-ovde making a paesege-vey for him , and at.ood before the Sove reign,
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feelin~ a l i t t l e uneasy, as public s.ffairs were be~inning to be somewhat compllcated
in the country even at thet time , and he vas not certain but some charge
might have bee n laid against him .
However, he determined not to show the white feather , _~ nd _s t o od_ ~p ma~uI~ _
before the Emperor, vaiting for His lI.aje~t,. to eddress hill. After inf>l)ectinC his ]
_ 8Plend~d phyedque , his sailor-like appearance \lith his neat end becoadng uniform
=-- ---~ d-~his d-~untie~~;- alr~,~ Hi; Majesty:-;addressed hit:ro, asking hill "whence he Ca:D.&;-hW -1
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vee at sea, and hov long the Navy , etc.", end congratulating him on his
appearance the illustrious Prince of
the ancient dynasty of Braganza, then r eached
out his princely hand and wrmly shook that of the NevfoundIand se f j.craan, and
vhen the Emperor r-eIeased ¥J . Duggan 's hand, the latter found three or four gold
pdecee of Lar-ge denomination r e atinc in his palm .
Amongst other questions t he
Emperor asked him was, "how he liked the servlce"?--and it b rJf! firm bellef that
DOOl Pedro vee feeHng his \ley t o induce Mr. Ducgan to enter the se rv i ce in the