The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-13

a lettcr ON AFRICA, d, the Riy. Z. n Mtc
brair, gives tho following doirrip TO- ,t vis
to an African pottntate.
Soon after daylight We wore ,ummoreI I,
| attetd the Sultan of BHnu. Ile received IA ia
an open space 10 front Of tho royal rosidonco
Ne were kept at "A c0nsfdur~-la ai,fance wbils
his people approached To- within ahuut NUM-, ~
3ain", .nd pessed by him on horseback thon,
uithlouh'I ing aud pty~trating them,olyos bolorD
MN, they took th-if placos Uu the around in
front, but with their bEk, to tho oval
Porson, which Is tho custom Of The
country. llo WAS seated in sort of
cage Of cane or wood, near tho door of bi-
gaTucn, on a seat which, at tho dista CO. ap
pcsied 10 bc covered with silk or satin; and
locked through tho railing upon the assembly
before hin who formed a sort OF semCirclo ex-
tending from his scat to nearly where wo we're
waiting. Nothing uld be moro absurd and
grotesquo than some, nay ALL Of the figures
who formed this court.
Lsrge bodies and largo heads arc indispcnsa-
bio for persons who serve the Court of Bornu;
and those who unfortunately possess not the
former by nature, or ON whom lustincss will not
DO forced by cranming, make up the dcfciency
OF real protuberance 10y an immense waddinR
which, as they sit on the horsc, gives the
belly the curious appearance OF hanging
over tho pummcl OF tho saddle. The
eight, ten, or twelve shirts Of dilTerant
colors, that tncy wear ono over tho other helm
little to Increase this greatness of person. The
head Is envolopod in folds of muslin or linen of
various culors, though mostly white, 80 as TO
deform u as much possible and those tur-
bans which seemed TO have boon most studious-
ly arranged, had tho effect Of making tho head
appear completely on ono eide. llosiios this;
their persons are hung all over with chArma, on
cloecd in little rad leather parcels strung to-
gcther the horse, also, has amulots fastened
round his neck, on parts o. his head, and about
the saddle. little 10 our left, and nearly in
front OF tho Sultan, was an oNtemp no do, lain.
,r, shouting forth the praises Of his mastor and
his illustIious pedigree. n ar him, was one
who bore long wooden frumfrum on which he
ever and anon blew bl at, loud and unmu,i-
cal.
An ugly black eunuch called for tho presents,
which were carried unopen TO tho roval presence
But the visitors could osly get faint glimpse
sh5R' tHnl ms ;6Sa16h lf H.lE lEJi"~.roal .ae. III,
any of his subjects and that his face, from the
noso downward, was completely covered.
Linen Is 10 cheap that most OF the men have
a shirt and pair Of trowsers. Some beggars
attract tho pity Of charitable persons, by hold
ing the remnants Of tTowsers in ono hand, and
lifting up their shirt with the other, crying out,
in doloful voice, but brooches, thero arc
none But breeChos, there are none :" The
only persons armed near tho Sutan's person,
were some hundreds Of negroes in blue robes,
who were oursido tho court circle. Each of
these carried en- immense club with large mob,
n bow and arrows slung over his back, and a
short dagger. Whom chief Is riding, foot
man runs behind carrying four sp,ars. There
are many stIangors in Angornu, principally ira
ders from different countries.