The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-01-30
Az AFRICAN BEAUTY.

rom the same.
Az AFRICAN BEAUTY.
In the afternoon, as heard from Musa
that the wives Of the hing and princes
were fattened TO s1ch an extent that they
could Lot stand upright, / paid my re-
spec:s to Wazezem, the Kings eldest
brothsr-who, having been sern before
his father ascended his throne, did no:
come in the line OF suocessyOn-with the
hope Of being able 10 see for myself the
truth Of the story. There was no mistake
about it. On entering the hut, found
the old man and his chief wife sitting side
by side, on bench Of earth st,swed over
with grass and parlitio1ed like atalis fer
sleeping apartments, whist in front Of
them were placed numerous wooden pots
OF milk, and hanging from the poles that
supported the beehive-shaped hut, large
collection of bows elk fest IN length, whilst.
below th em we're lied an eron larger co..
lection Of spears, intsrnixed with . goodly
assortment Of hesvy-headed a.sages !
was struck with no small surl rise st the
way he received me-, as well rs with the
extraordinary dimensions, yet pleasing
beauty, Of the ;mmoderatSly fat fair one,
hi. wife. Sha could not rise, and so large
were her arm. Ihat, between the joints the
puddings. Then in came .heir children,
all rlcdels Of :he Abyssan type OF beauty,
ana as polite in their manners as thor
ough bred gentlemen. Thoy had heard Of
nv picture books from the King, and al
wished 10 see them; which they no sooner
did, to their infinite delight, especially
when they recognized any of the animal.
than the subject va. turned by my inquir-
ing what they did with SO many rilkpots.
This was easily explained by WaEezem
himself, who, pointing TO hls wife, said .
This Is all the product Of these pets
from early youth upward We keep those
pots to their mouths. as it is the fashion
at court to have very fat wives.
ABlsHrUi. vIRGIS
After long and amusing consersatioa
with Rumanika in the morning, called
on one Of his sist rs-in law married &c an
elder brother who was born before pagars
| assembled the throne She was another OF
! those wonders OF obesity, unable 10 stand
excepting on all fours | was desirous 70
| obtain q good view Of her. and actually &c
measure her, and induced her to give me
| facilities for doing SO, by offering in re-
| turn to show her b, cf my naked legs
| and arms The bait took as | wished it
and. after getting her tosdle and wrig-
| gle into the middle Of the hut, did as
| promised, and then took her dinensiers
! as noted: Round the arm, one foot eleven
| inches; chest four feet four inches thigh,
two feet seven inches; height, five feet
eight ipches All of these are exact except
the height, aaa believe could have got
this more accurately if | could have had
laid her on the floor Not knowing wha.
difficulties | should have to contend with
in such piece of engineering l tried TO
get her height by raising her up. This,
after infinite eXertions on the part OF us
both, was accomplish d, whom she eank
down again, fain,in.. for her blood had
rushed into her head. Meanwhile the
| daughter, a lass of sixteen. sat stark max ed
| | efore US. sucking At a nailk pot, on which
| the father kept her at work by holding a
rod ia his hand for as fattening IS tho tir. a:
duty of fashionable female life, it must be
duly enforced by the rod, if necessary.
got up bit of Irritation with missy, and
induced her to rise and shake hands with
me- Her features were lovely, but hes
BODY was round as q ball.
HOW GAIT. sPEKE GOT SOME WIVES.
The company now became jovial, when
the Queen improved it by making a sig
nificant GESTURE and with roars Of Taught ter
asking me if | would like to be her SON.
in.law, fer she had some beautiful dsugh>
tiers, either Of the Wshuala or Wa.snda
breed. RatLer staggered at first by this
awful proposal, | consulted Bombay what
l should do with one if | got her. He,
looking more to number one than my con-
yenience said: "By all mean: accept the
offer, for it YOU don't like her, we should,
and it would be . good means OF getting
her ont of this lard of death, for all black
teople love Zanzibar. The rest need not
ha told a. a matter of COURSE had to ap-
pesr very much sratifed, and AZ the bowl
went rouud all became uproarious l
must wait day or two. however, that n
proper selection might be made; and
when the marriage came Off l Was to
chain the fair one two or three days, until
she became used to me, else, from mere
fright, she might run away.
The NEXT VISIT TO THE QUEEN.
The Queen stood laughing till the
Washuma girls she had promised me, one
of twelve and the other little Older, were
brought in and made to squat in front OF
n. The elder, who was in the prime Of
youth and beauty, very large Of limb, dark
in color. cried considerably, whilst the
vopn,er one. though gerry fair, had snub-
bv nose and averted lips, and laughed as if
she thought the change in her destiny
v.rv good fun. had new to make my
selection, and took the smaller one, prom
sing her to Bombay, as soon IS ws arrived
on the coast, where. he said, she would be
considered q Hubshi OF Abyssinian. But
wnea the Queen saw what had done, she
pave mo tho other as we'll, saying the little
eus was too young to 60 alone, and, If sep
arsted, she would take fright and run
awav. Then, with gracious bow, ! walk
ed 81 with my I've fns spsciusns Of na-