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that fawning servility characteristic of those who serve 
despots. 
The next scene we have is a section of a straw house,, 
with a gable-roof— about twenty-five feet high, sixty 
feet long, and eighteen feet in breadth. 
At the farther end, by the light afforded by the wide 
entrance, we perceive the figure of a man clad in an 
embroidered scarlet jacket and white skirt seated on a 
chair, guarded on either side by a couple of spearmen 
and two men bearing muskets. The chiefs and principal 
men now hastening through the gates bow profoundly 
AL'DIENCE-HALL OF THE PALACE. 
before him ; some, after the Muslim’s custom, kiss the 
palms and back of his right hand ; others, adhering to 
the original customs of the country, prostrate themselves 
to the ground, and, throwing their hands towards him, 
exclaim, while kneeling, “ Twiyanzi, yanzi ! ” after which 
they severally betake themselves to their respective 
seats in order of rank. Two loner rows of seated men 
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are thus formed along the caned walls of the hall of 
audience, facing towards the centre, which is left vacant 
for the advent of strangers and claimants, and the 
transaction of business, justice, &c. 
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