Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-01-10

Immediately surrounded by men with uplfted spears
who stood with their eyes liked upon their chief wa
Eting for the expected signal
Before it was given, an extremely tat girl, covered
with sky blue beads stepped from anon the Others
and said something that set the Whole company IN
roar of laughter The despot held his sides, and
appeared nearly suffocated by his mirth and when
he appeared to have stopped, he started again with
fresh peal of laughter.
The fat girl, however, walked up to SAM patted
hin, and pinched him, and then rubbed her greasy
nose against his, without appearing to care rush
I for the merrment of the spectators
She's going to dress in particular way
thought sam; 'perhaps she will put me IN the pot
alive like a lobster However, she certainly did
keep patting him. and almost fondeing him, as ifshe
did think he was something particularly nice.
At lenth one of the kings wives made some obser-
walton that appeared to disconcert the fat girl for
she looked put out, and appeared thougntful tor
clapping her hands, said something with the air of
person that thinks she has made clever hit. The
audience also appeared to see it in that light, for
they clapped their hands and laughed, and laughed
again
The fat girl, who was evidently the kings daugh
ter now gave an order. and instantly back subjects
were running off in different directions.
They returned in few minutes with bundles of
green leaves, something like walnut leaves which
they put in to bowls and mashed up with sticks into
a sort of pulp. The woman now crOwed round Sam
with these bowls in their hands, and taking out the
pulp after the manner of sponge, they rubbed the
Juice over him, above and below, before and behind,
till there was not bit of his body of the size of six
pence that had not been anonted with it. 1t appeared
curious Sam. that whatever part OF his skin they
rubbed the pulp over, it turned to nut-brown col
our in few seconds.
This operation however was not at all pleasing to
Sam, for it struck him that they were going to eat
him raw-perhaps alive they do oxen in Abys-
sinia part of frica only little further north of
where he was then; and they were ust saucing him
up to give him favour
However, if the process was not satisfactory to
Sam, it was highly so to the Zooloo Kafrs, who
shouted and laughed and shouted when they saw
Sam turned to a hazel brown
The next squatted Sam upon the ground, and be-
gan to divest him of the hair of his head which they
did partly by shaving with knife, and partly pull
ling it out by the roots-hodng his head steady by
long tuft that they left in the middle. Then came
a with large knife, with very sharp point.
The men who had been shaving him held his head
steady, two other men held his shoulders while the
fat girl and another woman held his feet.
The point of the knife approached the left side of
his throat. Sam knew how pigs killed-and
he set up loud yell; he thought his last hour
come and he did not like it at all. The man with
the knife took hold of his ear, but, instead of plung
ing his instrument into the jugular vein, he cut
large slit, rather hole in the lobe of his
Suddenly it flashed Sans apprehension
that the Zooloo Kafrs wear their gourd snuf-boXes
stuck in slit in their ear and vanity whispered to
him that the fat girl Zooloo princess who had
fallen in love with him, and obliged to have him
Drowned, his head shaved and his ear slit that he
night conform to the customs OF the country, and
vanity this one time told him the truth. But if he
supposed that his toilet was completed he very
much mistaken, for they next creased him all over
with fine savory lard, and then they chalked him
over with kind of brown earth and when they
had sobered the color down with mixture Of lit
tie charcoal they turned out Mr. Samuel Sims with
| a very rich Zooooish complexion They next twist
ed two ellptcal copper rings in the tuft Of hair that
was left for that purpose. They then twisted a
leather girde round his waist, with strips of leopard
skin hanging all sides down nearly to his knees
He was now completely attired in Zooloo costume.
The Kafrs shouted and clapped their hands, and the
fat girl again rubbed her greasy against his
One of the kings wives took hold of one Of his
arms. and another wife took hold Of the other. The
Zoolo0 chiefs took the fat girl in the way and
they each in this manner led round in circle
| till they opposite to another again. The
fat girl thrust gourd snuff box into the recent
cut in SANS car, though it was very sore and the
blood indeed still streaming from it the
ground. A gourd snuff box put into Sam S
hands and he told by signs to stick it into the
fat girls ear.
Such is the marriage ceremony among the Zoo
loos. The attendant Kafrs twisted some green
feathers of parrots tail into the scalp-ock that
they left upon his head and twisted enrails of
a recently killed animal round his left ankle. Thus
was he promoted to great honour; these ornaments
being only allowed to be by the royal family
Again there was clapping of hands and shouting.
which being interpreted, signifed, All hail to the
Prince of Zooloo
The Prince of Zoooo and his wife now retired to
the royal wigwam, and Toasted upon meat and
toasted meat and grease, all very nasty in Sans
opinion
1t is the custom with novel writer's to draw the
curtains round the nuptial couch a thing impossible
in the present instance Sam and his fat wife slept
in the same wigwam with the King and his ten
wives.
l The apartment was round of about fourteen feet
in diameter. The inmates slept with their heads to
the outside, their feet coming nearly together in the
middle The only ornament or furniture in the
which were hung round the wall
i The next day Sam and his fat wife, took what we
would call honeymooning walk together. Sam as
he was directed by signs to do walked with his arms
round his wfe's waist. They were walking in ST.
lence for they could neither understand word OF
the others speech. when suddenly Sam heard loud
cracking of bouges, as if some huge animal was
rushing through the bushes towards them, when
suddenly out rushed great white rhinoceros about
upon his nose as long your arm, and young one
growing behind it. 1t put its snout to the ground
and charged right at the loving pair. Mrs. Samue
Sims stepped neatly on one side with her husband
and as the huge beast went fauntering past them
she gave il switch behind with the stick that she
carried in her hand, saying in contemptuous tone
! 6 Chickorcr' which is Zooloo for rhinoccros.
Though they got out Of its way easily enough
Sam could not help thinking that it close shay
! ing; and when he saw the beast deliberately pull
up, and turn round to have another go them San
halood out Justify here's Chickore coming again
misses! here's Chickore coming again y She bobbet
aside again in the same manner. and the huge beas
again rushed past Them but did not trouble them
more.
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