Lohe?ta ibn Ibrahim, Makobúnto, Akil, or chief of the Débeni and a section of the Eesah, asserting supremacy1 over Gobaad, as a portion of his princely dominions2, which extend from the Great Salt Lake to Ramudéle, a messenger had, immediately upon the arrival of the caravan3, been despatched to his encampment in the neighbourhood, to invite the hero to the tent; and the peaceful night passed, having inspired the leader of the alarmist party with new confidence, the non-arrival of the expected visitor was made an excuse for halting the following day.
Attended by a numerous and disreputable retinue4, dragging as a gift an obstinate5 old he-goat, the potent6 savage7, whose exploit of clearing the high road of the restless marauders, who long obstructed8 the passage of káfilahs, has already been noticed in terms of commendation, sauntered carelessly in during the early hours of the forenoon. Not one whit9 better clad than the ragged10 and greasy11 ruffians in his train, he was yet distinguished12 by weapons of a superior order—the shaft13 of his spear, which resembled a weaver’s beam, being mounted below the broad glittering blade with rings of brass14 and copper15, whilst the hilt and scabbard of a truly formidable creese were embellished16 in like ostentatious fashion. The wearer’s aristocratic air, and look of wild determination, were well in unison17 with the reputation he had acquired as a warrior18 chief. Long raven19 locks floated like eagle’s feathers over a bony and stalwart frame. A pair of large sinewy20 arms, terminated in fingers tipped with nails akin21 to bird’s claws, and the general form and figure of the puissant22 Makobúnto, brought forcibly to mind the Ogre in the nursery tale, who breakfasted on nought23 save the flesh of tender innocents, and was cut short in his career of cannibalism24 by Jack25 the Giant-killer. A mighty26 man of valour, and presiding over a numerous clan27 of fierce and savage warriors28, he is feared and respected by all the country round, and seemed to be right well aware of his consequence upon the road.
For some reason of his own, which he did not think proper to divulge29, the audience was deferred30 until dusk, when the warrior stalked consequentially31 into the tent, and deposited himself between the arms of a chair placed for his reception, with as much dignity and self-possession as if he had never in his life been seated upon the ground. Although his covering was restricted to a very dirty cotton cloth, he wrapped himself in the impenetrable mantle32 of silence, and, comprehending no Arabic, gave ear to all the compliments that were translated for his edification into the Dankáli tongue, with the most perfect indifference33 and mental abstraction; until, having swallowed a sufficiency of hot coffee, and stuffed his nostrils34 with a becoming modicum35 of Regent’s mixture, he deigned36 to lay aside a portion of his reserve, and in slow, measured language, vouchsafed37 a brief detail of the energetic measures that had been adopted at his behest, towards the recovery of certain horses sent by his ally, the King of Shoa, to Her Britannic Majesty38, and which had, by some unfortunate chance, been stolen in their transit39 through Gobaad: adding, that he would impart to the Embassy the boon40 of his protection, and in earnest thereof might probably condescend41 the favour of his countenance42 a few stages in advance.
Izhák with his compeers sate43 in gloomy silence during the entire conference, evidently annoyed at the good understanding that subsisted44 betwixt his rival Mohammad Ali, and the illustrious guest. The presents designed for the propitiation of the Ogre having been duly transferred, were eagerly clutched and hastily conveyed beneath his buckler, or below the ample folds of his greasy garb46, as being far too choice for the prying47 eyes of attendants; and after sitting another half hour in taciturn dignity, the prince of savages48 rose deliberately49 from his chair, and, loaded with broad-cloth and trinkets, walked away as he had come, without condescending50 to pay attention to, or say a parting syllable51 to any one.
The extraordinary hour chosen for this curious audience, had obviously been dictated52 by a desire to conceal53 from the covetous54 gaze of the wild spirits around him, the tribute which he had reasonably calculated upon receiving from the British pilgrims, on the occasion of their transit through his territories; for, in truth, it must be confessed that the social state of these savages does not by any means betray that primitive55 simplicity56 so lauded57 and extolled58 by Rousseau. Rude barbarians59 they are, saturated60 with Moslem61 intolerance as with mutton fat; and although they tend their flocks in the parched62 valley after the most approved Arcadian fashion, yet the persons of even the boldest chiefs are not always secure: and however poets may have embroidered63 the subject with the flowers of their fancy, there is not to be found one individual of the whole community, who would hesitate to cut a throat for the sake of the last remaining button on a waistcoat.
Betwixt savage and civilised existence there yawns a wide gulf64. The savage man and the civilised man, although descended65 from a common parent, can scarcely be said to belong to the same stock of humanity, and he who has been pronounced the only true man, the lordly lord of the wilderness66, might here more appropriately be designated a devil incarnate67. An interesting trait in the children of nature was witnessed on the occasion of the slaughter68 of the rank buck45 goat presented to the Embassy by Lohe?ta ibn Ibrahim. No sooner had the razor-like creese been drawn69 across the throat, with the concomitant ejaculation, “Bismilláhi rahmáni rahím,”—“in the name of God, the compassionate70, the merciful,”—than a savage threw himself upon the expiring animal; and having, vampire-like, quaffed71 as much of the hot flowing blood as he could obtain, besmeared his greasy features with the residue73, and wiped them on the still quivering carcass. No tiger could have acted in more ferocious74 guise75, or displayed a greater relish76 for the tide of life.
This had been a day of feasting and carousal77; for both Izhák and the son of the Rookhba chief had likewise received sheep, and the slaughter of each had been followed by a general tussle78 for the possession of the caul. For the purpose of larding the head this is a prize infinitely79 preferred even to the tail, which appendage80 in the Adel sheep is so copiously81 furnished, that the animal is said to be capable of subsisting83 an entire year upon the absorption of its own fat, without tasting water. It was truly delightful84 to witness the process of greasing the poll at the hands of the Danákil barber. The fat having been melted down in a wooden bowl, the operator, removing his quid, and placing it in a secure position behind the left ear, proceeded to suck up copious82 mouthfuls of the liquid, which were then sputtered85 over the frizzled wig86 of a comrade, who, with mantle drawn before his eyes to exclude stray portions of tallow, remained squatted87 on his haunches, the very picture of patience. The bowl exhausted88, the operator carefully collects the suet that has so creamed around his chaps as to render him inarticulate; and having duly smeared72 the same over the filthy90 garment of him to whom it in equity91 belongs, proceeds, with a skewer92, to put the last finishing touch to his work, which, as the lard congealed93, has gradually assumed the desired aspect of a fine full-blown cauliflower.
The Dankáli who has prevailed over his foe94, adorns95 his cranium with a perfect frost of tallow, dons a leopard-skin decorated with monkey tails three times in excess of the highest bashaw in the Ottoman empire, and tricks himself out with feathers in all the variety of savage fancy, the lobe96 of his ear being pierced for the reception of pewter rings, which denote the number of his victories achieved. Many warriors thus distinguished had strolled in during the day; for there had been an onslaught upon the Eesah, who, among other recent atrocities97, had only the preceding week ripped up six pregnant Débeni females. The same wearisome string of enquiries on the part of each member of the káfilah, were responded to in the same cold monotonous98 drawl, and then bandied back by the new arrival—apathy and indifference pervading99 the features of both parties throughout the endless mechanical repetitions of “Wogérri?” and “Wogérri maani?”
To Gobaad, from the shores of Lake Abhibbab, which is formed by the waters drained from Abyssinia, it is said to be one easy day’s journey for the pedestrian. Amongst other Muda?to visitors from its borders, there came one of the Galeyla, an outcast from his clan, who bore amongst his fellows the reputation of being a veritable cannibal. This villain100 became at once the cynosure101 of every eye, and stood confessed the vilest102 of the vile103. A coil of putrid104 entrails which encircled his neck had been distended105 with mutton fat into the figure of monstrous106 sausages; and the shaggy mane of a filthy hyena107, that he had destroyed and devoured108 the preceding day, being twined in a becoming wreath around his dark brow, mingled109 wildly with his dishevelled locks. Under the gaze of so great a crowd, his calm repose110 was calculated to elicit111 the highest admiration112; and fully89 sensible of his own merit, the man-eater endured the scrutiny113 of the curious populace with an air of conscious dignity, which was scarcely disturbed when the temerity114 of the more juvenile115 spectators called imperatively116 for the interference of his heavy mace117.
It is difficult to comprehend the motives118 which may have induced this worthy119 to venture thus rashly among his bitterest foes120; but the nature of the terms occasionally subsisting between the Muda?to and the Danákil are not more singularly anomalous121 than those that bind122 the Danákil and the Eesah, over a portion of which latter Lohe?ta ibn Ibrahim exercises nominal123 supremacy. Making common cause, and assisting each other against the Muda?to, international hostilities124 are nevertheless almost unceasing; and mutual125 interest, added to the aversion entertained to the perpetuation126 of blood feuds127, affords perhaps the only substantial argument for their temporary cessation.
Of three chieftains who take the title of Ougass, and whose authority is in some sort acknowledged by the Eesah, the principal is Ougass Robiley, who resides with the Gidderboosi, south of Zeyla. Hoossain ibn Fara, the next in order, is related by marriage to the Makobúnto of the Débeni, and asserts influence from the Reahmoosa tribe of Somauli, bordering on Goobut el Kharáb, to Kore Korágureet, within thirty miles of Zeyla, where commences the country of the Hebrowal—thence south to the limits of the Galla territory, and north-west to Killulloo. Here it is bounded by Errur, the residence of the old sheikh of the Wóema, and by the independent Mohammadan principality of Hurrur, whose Ameer annually128 confers upon each Eesah chief a conical skull129 cap and turban, in recognition of his alliance.
Not a cloud blotted130 the sparkling vault131 overhead, which now blazed out in a perfect galaxy132 of light, engirdled by the luminous133 zone of the milky134 way. Attention was early directed to its beauties by the shower of meteors that in rapid succession shot through the innumerable host of heaven, and temporarily eclipsed their brilliancy. The night was already somewhat advanced when Lohe?ta sent to demand a private audience upon two points of vital importance; and Mohammad Ali being the agent employed, no time was lost in arranging the desired interview. “My beard is troublesome,” whispered the Ogre in a most mysterious tone, after he had been some minutes seated in silence; “my tough beard is not readily trimmed with a creese, and a razor would therefore have been desirable.” A first-rate Savigny was immediately placed within his grasp. “And, secondly,” he continued, trying the keen edge upon the largest of his formidable talons135, “my sister, who is far advanced in her pregnancy136, has lately rejected food—mutton, beef, every thing in fact has been offered, and equally loathed137. Now I am desirous of trying whether she might not fancy a bag of dates.”
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greasy
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distinguished
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shaft
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brass
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copper
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warrior
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sinewy
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deferred
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buck
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prying
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savages
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