. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . peke told the king that if he would send two of his 158 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. children, he would have them instructed in England, ibr he admired hisrace, and believed them to have sprung from the friends of the English,the Abyssinians, who were Christians, and had not the Wahuma lost theirknowledge of God, they would be so likewise. A long theological andhistorical discussion ensued, which so pleased the king that he said hewould be delighted if Speke would take two of his sons to England. Hethen enquired what could induce them to leave
. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . peke told the king that if he would send two of his 158 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. children, he would have them instructed in England, ibr he admired hisrace, and believed them to have sprung from the friends of the English,the Abyssinians, who were Christians, and had not the Wahuma lost theirknowledge of God, they would be so likewise. A long theological andhistorical discussion ensued, which so pleased the king that he said hewould be delighted if Speke would take two of his sons to England. Hethen enquired what could induce them to leave their country and travel,vhen Speke replied that they had had their fill of the luxuries of life, andihat their great delight was to observe and admire the beauties of creation,but especially their wish was to pay visits to the kings of Africa, and inparticular his Majesty. He then promised that they should have boats toconvey them over the lake, with musicians to play before them. In the afternoon Speke, having heard that it was the custom to fattei. A HAPPY NATIVE, tsp the wives of the king and princes to such an extent that they couldnot stand upright, paid a visit to the kings eldest brother. On enteringthe hut, he found the old chief and his wife sitting side by side on ? benchof earth strewed over with grass, while in front of them were placednumerous wooden pots of milk. Speke was received by the prince withgreat courtesy, and was especially struck by the extraordinary dimen«sions, yet pleasing beauty of the immoderately fat fair one, his wife. She could not rise. So large were her arms that between the jointsthe flesh hung like large loose bags. Then came in their children, alfmodels of the Abyssinian type of beauty, and as polite in their mannersas thorough-bred gentlemen. They were delighted in looking over hispicture-books and making enquiries about them. The prince, pointingI© his wife, observed: This is all the product of those pots, as, frosu WONDERFUL DISCOVER
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