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wooden seat in tlie sliape of an office arm-chair ; his feet 
rest upon a cushion ; the whole placed on a leopard’s 
skin spread over a Smyrna carpet. Before the king is a 
highly polished elephant’s tusk, and at his feet are two 
boxes containing fetiches ; on either side the throne is a 
MTESA, THE EMPEROR OF UGANDA. 
lance (one copper, the other steel), each held by a guard ; 
these are the insignia of Uganda ; the dog which Speke 
mentions has been done away with. Crouching at the 
foot of the king are the vizier and two scribes. 
“ Mtesa is dignified in his manner, and does not lack 
a certain natural air of distinction ; his dress is elegant : 
