keeps the Sabbath--his band--the order of Egbo--how it is constituted--its similitude to free-masonry--Idem and his terrible cow-hide whip--his outrageous privileges--Egbo bells--Brass Egbo day--Egbo trials and criminals--the “Bloodmen” of Duketown--the Mambo of Lunda--his magnificent attire and how he held court--his Muata Cazembe or prime minister--the Muata’s seven umbrellas--the Mambo’s wives--the election of a Jaga--singular ceremony attending it--how the Jaga selects a site for a palace--the novel rite of Sambamento--the unfortunate Nicango--his fate. Pages 1–137. CHAP. XVIII.--Royalty in Southern Africa--Doctor Livingstone and Shinte--King of Makololo--the king’s crown of beads and goose feathers--the doctor’s reception--his majesty’s hundred wives and his wife in chief--the royal piano and the four pianists--the doctor and his followers fall into the hands of Manembo, a South African chieftess--she gives her guests a bit of her mind--her advice to Dr. Livingstone--“now, my little man, do as the rest have done”--from South Africa to Abyssinia--Mr. Stern among the Falashas--he commits a grave breach of court etiquette--an Abyssinian cure for melancholy--Mr. Bruce’s experience of the cure--Bruce’s introduction to the Lady of Sittina--her splendid attire--Bruce’s gallantry by no means surprises the lady--he volunteers a piece of wholesome advice as a physician--a delicate conversation--the King of Seenaar--how he was greased--a cure for red hair--the throne in Madagascar--Madame Ida Pfieffer’s introduction to the queen--paying your “footing”--her majesty neither cordial nor over polite--a Malagasey palace--its chief pillar--five thousand labourers to bring it home--death of fifteen thousand builders--the silver palace--ceremony observed on the death of a Malagasey king--the feast of the queen’s bath--great rejoicing on the occasion--the Malagasey army and the military band--wretched condition of the soldiery--a handful of rice food for a day--a Malagasey court ball--ball dresses--the “Segu” dance--niggardly behaviour of her majesty. Pages 38–53.