THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 83 



Show knives made of iron, inlaid with brass and copper; the 

 furriers, most beautifully-sewn patchwork of antelopes' skins ; 

 the habit-maker, sheets of mbugu bark-cloth; the blacksmith, 

 spears ; the maker of shields, his productions, and so forth ; but 

 nothing is ever given without rubbing it down, then rubbing the 



MTESA AND HIS DOG. 



face, and going through a long form of salutation for the 

 gracious favor the king has shown in accepting;; it. 



When tired of business, the king rises, spear in hand, and, 

 leading his dog, walks off without word or comment, leaving his 

 company, like dogs, to take care of themselves. 



Strict as the discipline of the exterior court is, that of the inte- 

 rior is not less severe. The pages all wear turbans of cord made 

 frorp aloe fibres, Shoul4 a wife commit any trifling indiscretion, 



