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many he had, he replied, “ I have now fifteen, but I 
expect soon to be enabled to add to my establish- 
ment.” 
Edina informed them it was part of the etiquette of 
the Iddah Court, that the King should be apprised, 
through a near relation, of a stranger’s intended visit, and 
that this duty at present devolved on Amada Bue, the 
Attah’s sister, who would on seeing them, send a 
messenger to the King, or Attah, and would inspect 
the presents about to be offered. 
After waiting an hour or more, one of the Att^h’s 
eunuchs came to say the Princess would receive them. 
Proceeding by a long narrow path, they reached the 
wall separating the northern and southern divisions 
of the town — near which was Amada Bue’s house, 
which they found no slight difficulty in entering, 
having to scramble through a dozen dark huts suc- 
cessively. 
After sitting a few minutes under the verandah of the 
dwelling, a spare black figure crawled forth on hands 
and knees from a narrow and obscure recess ; this was 
no less a person than Princess Amada Bue, the Att^h’s 
sister. She was apparently about forty years of age. 
The head was closely shaven, and the jet visage, 
was rendered the more so, by some application to the 
nose and cheeks; which, with a black cloth thrown 
loosely round her middle, indicated that she was 
observing the ceremonial of mourning for some near 
relative. She was accompanied by Idjee-Futhul, 
