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The King of Kazounde is Offered a Punch

           

           Thecourtwasalcoholizedtothelastchief,andincessantlyimbibedstrongbeer,cider,and,aboveall,acertaindrinkwhichAlvezfurnishedinprofusion.

           MoiniLounggacountedinhisharemwivesofallagesandofallkinds.

           Thelargerpartofthemaccompaniedhiminthisvisittothe"lakoni."

           Moini,thefirst,accordingtodate,wasavixenoffortyyears,ofroyalblood,likehercolleagues.Sheworeabrighttartan,astrawpetticoatembroideredwithpearls,andnecklaceswherevershecouldputthem.Herhairwasdressedsoastomakeanenormousframeworkonherlittlehead.Shewas,infact,amonster.

           Theotherwives,whowereeitherthecousinsorthesistersoftheking,werelessrichlydressed,butmuchyounger.Theywalkedbehindher,readytofulfil,atasignfromtheirmaster,theirdutiesashumanfurniture.Theseunfortunatebeingswerereallynothingelse.Ifthekingwishedtositdown,twoofthesewomenbenttowardtheearthandservedhimforachair,whilehisfeetrestedonthebodiesofsomeothers,asifonanebonycarpet.

           InMoiniLoungga’ssuitecamehisofficers,hiscaptains,andhismagicians.

           Aremarkablethingaboutthesesavages,whostaggeredliketheirmaster,wasthateachlackedapartofhisbodyoneanear,anotheraneye,thisonethenose,thatonethehand.Notonewaswhole.ThatisbecausetheyapplyonlytwokindsofpunishmentinKazoundemutilationordeathallatthecapriceoftheking.

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