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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
72
I
was
full
in
the
faith
that
those
men
of
Ross
had
been
internals,
and
that
their
mode
of
salutation
was
much
more
likely
to
be
in
accordance
with
the
manners
of
the
Symzonians,
than
the
rude
fashion
of
us
externals.
I
therefore
pulled
my
nose
very
gracefully,
without
uncovering
my
head.
This
was
a
happy
thought.
It
arose
from
my
having
read
much,
seen
a
great
deal
of
the
world,
and
observed
with
tolerable
accuracy,
for
a
shipmaster,
the
important
ceremonies
and
sublime
rules
of
etiquette,
by
which
the
distinguished
and
the
noble,
the
enlightened
and
the
great,
are
implicitly
governed;
they
being
considered
matters
of
more
consequence
than
religious
forms,
or
mere
regulations
of
convenience.
I
remembered
that,
on
being
honoured
with
an
audience
of
a
sublime
sovereign
of
the
Mussulman
empire,
it
was
particularly
enjoined
upon
me
by
the
vizier,
not
to
take
my
hat
off,
nor
to
sit
cross-legged,
the
etiquette
of
the
court
forbidding
any
one
to
do
so
in
the
presence
of
the
sovereign;
and
showing
the
top
of
the
head
or
bottom
of
the
feet
being
considered
an
insult
to
that
exalted
personage.
Happily
I
recalled
to
my
mind
all
those
weighty
matters;
and
now,
that
I
might
not
be
guilty
of
insult
to
this
new
found
people,
I
stood
bolt
upright,
kept
my
hat
on,
and
pulled
my
nose
stoutly.
This
had
the
desired
effect.
Several
persons
from
within
the
building
assembled
on
the
platform
of
the
portico.
They
stared
much
at
me,
which
convinced
me
they
were
people
of
high
fashion;
conversed
eagerly
with
one
another,
and
seemed
undetermined
how
to
act.
More
than
one
hundred
men
collected,
before
any
one
showed
any
disposition
to
advance
even
to
the
front
of
the
portico;
and
on
the
other
hand,
I
dared
not
advance
towards
them,
lest
I
should
again
put
them
all
to
flight,
being
already
sensible
that
it
was
my
dark
and
hideous
appearance
that
created
so
much
distrust
amongst
these
beautiful
natives,
I
therefore
kept
my
position,
occasionally
pulling
my
nose
out
of
politeness.
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