The Discovery of The Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke  






 -  On entering his palace enclosure, the first thing we saw
was a blaue boc's horn stuffed full of magic powder - Page 293
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On Entering His Palace Enclosure, The First Thing We Saw Was A Blaue Boc's Horn Stuffed Full Of Magic Powder, With Very Imposing Effect, By K'yengo, And Stuck In The Ground, With Its Mouth Pointing In The Direction Of Rogero.

In the second court, we found thirty-five drums ranged on the ground, with as many drummers standing behind

Them, and a knot of young princes and officers of high dignity waiting to escort us into the third enclosure, where, in his principal hut, we found Rumanika squatting on the ground, half-concealed by the portal, but showing his smiling face to welcome us in. His head was got up with a tiara of beads, from the centre of which, directly over the forehead, stood a plume of red feathers, and encircling the lower face with a fine large white beard set in a stock or band of beads. We were beckoned to squat alongside Nnanaji, the master of ceremonies, and a large group of high officials outside the porch. Then the thirty-five drums all struck up together in very good harmony; and when their deafening noise was over, a smaller band of hand-drums and reed instruments was ordered in to amuse us.

This second performance over, from want of breath only, district officers, one by one, came advancing on tip-toe, then pausing, contorting and quivering their bodies, advancing again with a springing gait and outspread arms, which they moved as if they wished to force them out of their joints, in all of which actions they held drum-sticks or twigs in their hands, swore with a maniacal voice an oath of their loyalty and devotion to their king, backed by the expression of a hope that he would cut off their heads if they ever turned from his enemies, and then, kneeling before him, they held out their sticks that he might touch them.

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