, 1877-09-26

throne; led by a man wearing q lion-skin, who
every nov and then fired his gun in the air, anil
danced TO his compa lions' chanting; he had slain
a lion siu2ie-ha1del considered a greater feat
than the killing of half q. dozen men in battle), and
had o"tno to hoAAt oft bef~v0 tho king. Next dAY
Mr.. dc CoSson was Invited to dine with King John
who had sent a strong escort 10 bring on the other
travellers and tbeir baggage, detained by The i'll will
otthe heads Of certain villa rers-and found every.
thing ~dtttete1t. the King AMI the Court were sim.
ply clad IN this universal garment of Abyssinia. a
waite blanket or kuarle, with a crimson stripe. Red
and white are the only colours worn ia the country;
because "Onr Lord. being innocent Of all ain, was
clothed in white until the dly of his crucihXiou, when
blood flowed from his wound and stained his garments
red. In remembrance of this, the crimson stripe of
the kUzre Is Worn over the LEFT breast, that bang the
side were the lance pierced the body Of our Lord
King Johns head wiz uncovered this time, q snsI
diamond pin in MS braided hair and & string ofsilVeF
beads on each ankle were hs cnly ornaments ana
thi4 is Mr.. de Cosson's DESCRIPTION Of the fiery soldier
and clever POLITICIAN, whom The writer in BLdckcood
treats ~ al ordinary sa va rs. holding that bis country
would gam by beng handed over in the civilising
inf fences winch have rendered Egyp. SO free, 40 hap'
by. so mnra., aud so rich, "a all the world knows she
is:-"KtAL john res - ABOUT hi ty-fve, and his
stature soneNhit under th3 middle height HE
figure is perfectly proo'rtio1ed. ard indicative. OF
great siren 9Th and eadufa CO, his hands and teet
are very small aid d~ellcatriy shaped His face 10
59dcately moulded, the brow shf hly Tesreatn g /;
the nose Il aqllIina, with very finely formed nos.
trlis, the eye deepset, AMI not very large, bat SIM
guIarIy courageous aud p'netratlng the cheek bono
hi4h r an Eth'np an the m nth nd chm sharply
chusel FL AMI tie ears almost as tiny and sheli-hks
as Il wonSns." lie is grlnd to see, mounted oil hs
beau, full charger, " til It's elegant bossed harness
and saddle-ci0tl, carving his spear and his shlelds
bare.headed and baie-footed, the great toe Of each
foot only in the strrNp, which is merely a silver
ring. liz Is a splen I'D shot. and very fond of
firearms. He is emit rely devoid of the boastful"
ness and TIE Van ~ " Irh Distinguish most asa
wage" princes, IS V>ry simple in hs de.neanouF.
OF secretIVe tu.u ut mind and tacitura habit is of
a stId Gus disposition, we'll read in the laws of
Ethopi', AL Of rem ,rSaJ Sobriety aud piety 1T
life. This acc0 mt of King John, being Civ en- by
one who resided in his cAn ; for We ks and per.
sua led him tG write the t'tt"rS TO our Cove cntntns
waich conveyed his rUmisa to suppress the Slaves
trade witDi his IL ninibns. who had ample oppnr'
tunitieS Of studying the Nin4's Administrations
and learui e the tr1tL NIB ut his relations with
Egypt, IS mn ch more convincing thar the Notes
Of Il Staff Jtt .Hc,'' wL0 perhaps believes, out GER
tainly wishes to make tthrrv bel eve, that Abys-
siaia is the aggrosSor in thu q larrel With Egypt
Facts" h>Waver; IL, Ms GIaln remar<"d,' oein
stubborn things ~ NOT EASY dove II NAV pa
asked with somo plilj d Props OF the imputed
inroad5 Of A5fssiait o. egyptian .eFritory. now
it happens that 6 lgbat, wnete NJ de Cosson
afterwards attend ID ~slave-marKet, wherein many
Abvssinians mud Galios, male ind female. were
bought and sold. is now d from Ter town ot the
Egyptian SouGan 1t belonged in 1862. aud
for a louZ time after. II the kingdom Of Etni7piA.;
aud VIZ, Sir lei Htier presented his hrInnl
t. thu seik Jtnt, ;lr persona :" tod IN mat
"ttis wa a s.lt "a RE h:ntA Of the NIeo'
row Of 1gy,t ", a 81 trt'trin ~ the
Egyp;iar@ fore j .j'1 i 3ty tri1it, az iAa
D5int of to byol.t it.tt5A g. apt NJ
right 10 cator mi e.2tt'Y : nn' fAe' ''"y
pail taxas willing, TO - An u A>ys. dIa VIC
h.1 a right 10 exact thrsn,' I"e E-yPign
case has a strong favour of he Wolf ana Lt"1
of that nlarvellously happy fable. which mas been
jn.erprete1 iliu stratei. AM justified by all ages.
In the camp at "A nbachura, King j ohh of Et'i.
onia lived in this wise. at a. IN. every morn
inc he rosa, and read the Psalms Of David oy cans
dle light for a couple Of hours; then he vent 10.
church. after which he frequently sat fasting IN
omen court to + ear al cases TINT might be brought
before him. The OLD T'Stanent-like effect whlch
the entire de<crip ion crcntes is especially strong
when we thus see the King, as supreme judge
"sit.ing in the gaze lie is a jdst judge, it s"-'
we're, accord ng TO our notions ''Tne rest OF inc
dav was divided beiwern the necessary hospital''
ties of the camp riding cut to indulge in The mar
tisI came Of goaks'-this% resembles the djerecd as
nracticed by Gih4 M,ors whit. they still used ths
sbiold aud in attending TO State aft Iirs. T"o."r
three hours were received by his Majesty tor
strdv. while by nine he was in bed, as bsoane onS
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