128 KING ATTAH'S dress. 



of the eunuchs besmear their foreheads with 

 mire, which they allow to remain on as long as 

 the audience continues. 



After passing through several of the queen's 

 apartments, squares, and courts, we were con- 

 ducted round the outer wall, which is about 

 twenty feet high, though in some parts it is only 

 about eight, and built of clay. We were led 

 along a small passage, in which the figure of a 

 woman, modelled in clay and dried in the sun, 

 was shown us. Thence we passed into a good- 

 sized yard, and through more intricate passages 

 into the king's presence. 



His tobes were more splendid than those of 

 any king I have yet seen in the interior. He 

 wore some fine cloth, and a beautiful white satin 

 tobe. On his head he had a cap resembling a 

 helmet in shape, formed of small beads, and 

 most ingeniously wrought. Round his neck he 

 had nearly a hundred strings of blue Nufie beads, 

 worn only by the members of the royal family 

 and some of the principal men. His face, from 

 the application of henna, shone like a piece of 

 mahogany ; his nails were stained with the same 

 preparation ; and his eyelids were coloured black 

 with antimony. 



