Chapter XXI

Indians' remarks on the Zoological Gardens--Their pity for
the poor buffalo and other animals imprisoned--Jim's talk
with a clergyman about Hell and the hyænas--Indians'
ideas of astronomy--Jim and the Doctor hear of the hells
of London--Desire to go into them--Promised to go--Indians
counting the gin-palaces (_chickabobboo-ags_)in a
ride to Blackwall and back--The result--Exhibition in
the Egyptian Hall--A sudden excitement--The War-chief
recognises in the crowd his old friend "Bobasheela"--Their
former lives on the Mississippi and Missouri--Bobasheela
an Englishman--His travels in the "Far West" of
America--Story of their first acquaintance--The
doomed wedding-party--Lieut. Pike--Daniel Boone and
Son--Indians visit a great brewery--Kind reception by
the proprietors--Great surprise of the Indians--Immense
quantities of _chickabobboo_--War-dance in an empty
vat--Daniel commences Jim's book of the statistics of
England--Indians visit the Tunnel--Visit to the Tower--The
Horse Armoury--The Royal Regalia--Indians' ideas of the
crowns and jewels--"_Totems_"(arms) on the fronts of
noblemen's houses--Royal arms over the shops--Strange
notions of the Doctor--They see the "man with the big
nose" again--And the "great white War-chief (the Duke of
Wellington) on horseback, near his wigwam" Page 90