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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
as the general state in whieh they live^ the Dinka being their most 
inveterate enemy. If victorions_, after the deduction of one-tenth 
for the Sultan_, the booty is divided amongst the comhatants_, in 
proportion to the number of spearsmen each individual took into 
the field. Although admitting to his council the most wealthy of his 
subjects_, the power of this potentate with regard to them is unlimited. 
No person is allowed to approach his Majesty in an erect position ; 
A SHILLOOK STOOL. 
but the moment any one seeking an audience is ushered into the 
royal presence,, the attendants compel him to crawl on hands and 
knees. When sitting in state on a stool^ on judgment or reception 
days,, surrounded by his council squatting on the ground^ his guard,, 
consisting of a score or more of his most favoured slaves armed 
with lance and shield^ would be the only persons permitted to 
stand erect. Such is the devotion of his subjects that,, to prevent 
its being trodden on and polluted^, even his ministers will vie with 
one another to catch upon their hands^ head^ or shoulders the saliva 
which is squirted from the royal mouth. 
Notwithstanding his might, state, and the circumstance of his 
office being hereditary in his family, he acknowledges his fealty to 
Jockdeng, Sultan of the Bonjack,"by the payment of an annual 
tribute, amounting to the one-tenth part of his revenue. 
The Bonjack are a powerful tribe in possession of a considerable 
