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THE WORLD S WONDERS. 



pictures of the natives, whereupon the royal barbarian besought 

 him to sketch his highness and the scene of the levee. 



MAKING THINGS EVEN IN THE HAREM. 



On the following day, when Speke and Grant went to visit the 

 king, they found the guards at the gate of the palace f eeeding on 

 scraps of meat that had been thrown to them as though they 

 were dogs, and they faithfully carried out the simile by fighting 

 over pieces of the meat just as dogs do, the strongest and fiercest 



THE PALACE GUARDS AT DINNER. 



gettingthe best part of the dinner. Reaching the palace, the visitors 

 found his majesty sitting on the ground, within a hut, behind 

 a portal, encompassed by his women, and they took their seats 

 outside. At first all was silence, till one told the king the white 

 men had some wonderful pictures to show him, when in an instant 

 he grew lively, crying, "Oh, let us see them I" and they were 

 shown, Bombay explaining. Three of the king's wives then 

 came in, and offered him their two virgin sisters, n'yanziging 

 incessantly, and beseeching their acceptance, as by that means 



