It rained incessantly1 with the greatest violence throughout the entire night, and until the morning broke, when a great volume of white scud2, rising from the deep valleys, and drifting like a scene-curtain across the stern summit of the giant Mamrat—now frowning immediately overhead—foretold the nature of the weather that might be anticipated during the important and long-looked-for day. The baggage having with considerable difficulty been collected from the various nooks and comers wherein the porters had deposited their loads, and no prospect3 of a brighter sky being in store, the circumjacent morasses4 were waded5 to the face of the hill which obscured Machal-wans. Too steep and slippery for mules6, this was also ascended7 on foot, with the aid of long staves; and the rain, which had been dropping gently for some time, again setting-in with the most malicious8 steadiness, as if resolved to mar9 all attempt at display, the whole cavalcade10 was presently drenched11 to the skin.
An hour’s toil12 over very heavy ground opened a sudden turn in the road, whence the escort, resting their cumbrous matchlocks over the rocks, commenced an indiscriminate fire—the reports of their heavily-loaded culverins, mingled13 with the answering note of welcome from the expectant crowd below, echoing long and loud among the broken glens. As the clouds of smoke floated slowly away on the dense14 atmosphere from the shoulder of the mountain, there burst upon the sight a lovely view of the stockaded palace at Machal-wans. Its conical white roofs were embosomed in a fair grove15 of juniper and cypress16, which crested17 a beautifully wooded tumulus rising at the extreme verge18 of the valley from the very banks of a roaring torrent19. A bright green meadow, spangled with flowers, lay stretched at its foot: the rose, the eglantine, and the humble20 violet, grew around in all the grace of native wildness, to recall recollections of happier lands, whilst the great Abyssinian range, which even here towered almost perpendicularly21 some two thousand feet overhead, and whose peaks were veiled in wreaths of white fog, formed a magnificent background to the picture. Isolated22 farm-houses were profusely23 scattered24 over the verdant25 landscape—rich fields glistened26 in various stages of maturity—and the rills, swollen27 by the recent storm, came thundering over the mountain side, in a succession of foaming28 cascades29.
Another hour’s wading30 through deep ploughed fields of beans and peas and standing31 corn, and across the rapid torrent brawling32 over a rocky bed, brought the draggled party to two time-worn awnings33 of black serge, which not five minutes before had been pitched for its accommodation in a swamp below the royal residence, and which admitted the rain through an infinity34 of apertures35. This continued up to the last moment, thick and heavy; but the utmost efforts of the deluge36 had proven insufficient37 to cleanse38 the mud-stained garments; and now the tramp of six hundred porters, in addition to the vast crowd which had assembled to witness the long-looked-for arrival of the British Embassy, soon converting the ground into a positive quagmire39, ankle-deep in black mud, seemed to render utterly40 hopeless any attempt at the exhibition of broad-cloth and gold lace on the approaching presentation at the Court of Shoa.
The governors of Ankóber and Alio Amba, whose special affair it was to provide food, and otherwise to render assistance needed, left the visitors to pitch their own tent, whilst they lounged in the palls41, and contented42 themselves with urging the instant gratification of the royal curiosity, which was momentarily becoming more and more intense. Persecution43 on the part of the unruly and boisterous44 mob, to whom every object was new, meanwhile waxed greater and greater—thousands pressing forward to gaze as at wild beasts, and all contributing their mite45 to promote confusion and discomfort46, now at the climax47. Sally after sally was made by the uproused commander-in-chief of the body-guard, and many were the long sticks broken to small fragments over the backs and shoulders of the wild spectators in the course of his vigorous applications. But it was to no purpose. The ring was no sooner formed than broken, and the self-constituted clerk of the course, becoming at length weary of his occupation, he joined his idle colleagues in the tent, and left the multitude to their own devices.
A remonstrance48 to the King, touching49 the indignities50 to which the liege subjects of Great Britain were thus exposed at the hands of the Amhára rabble51, on the very outskirts52 of the palace, was followed by a visit from Birroo, the favourite page, bearing an apologetic message on the score of ignorance; and repeated messages through this shrewd little confidant of royalty53, who possessed54 all the airs of a spoiled pet, elicited55 first permission to fire a single gun—then five—and lastly, the desired salute56. With his assistance, moreover, the crowd was to a certain extent repelled57, and the spacious58 tent having finally been erected59, amid peals61 of savage62 wonder, the floor was strewed63 with heather and with branches lopped from the myrtles and from various aromatic64 shrubs65 that grew thickly around, and preparations were at length commenced for the interview, which, during the continuance of the tumult66 and uproar67, had been by a succession of messages repeatedly and earnestly desired.
It was now noon, and the weather having temporarily cleared, the British party, radiant with plumes68 and gold embroidery69, succeeded, after much fruitless opposition70, in mounting their gaily-caparisoned steeds, and escorted by the governors, the commander-in-chief of the body-guard, and by a numerous and clamorous71 escort, proceeded in full uniform towards the palace. Many were the attempts made to enforce the etiquette72 which denies ascent73 in equestrian74 order; but as, on gaining the foot of the eminence75, the roar of artillery76 burst from the centre of the encampment, and the deep valley, filling fast with a cloud of white smoke, began to echo back the salute at the rate of six discharges in a minute, no further interference was attempted, and an universal shout arose of “Malifia Ungliz, melcom! melcom!” “Wonderful English, well done! well done!”
Noise, bustle77, and confusion, which in Abyssinia are reckoned highly honourable78 to the guest, were again at their climax on reaching the outer cricket, where the form of obtaining the royal permission to pass was to be observed ere entrance could be accorded by the state door-keepers. Further detention79 was experienced in the court-yard, at the hands of sundry80 officers of the privy81 chamber82, whose visages were but ill-adapted to sustain the character of high official importance, and whose assumption of dignity proved singularly ludicrous. At length came a message expressive83 of His Majesty84’s unqualified surprise and satisfaction at the extraordinary celerity with which the guns were being served, and his desire to see the Embassy forthwith; but attempting to advance, opposition was again interposed, and it needed another message, and yet another command, before admission could be obtained to the royal presence.
The last peal60 of ordnance85 was rattling86 in broken echoes along the mountain chain, as the British Embassy stepped at length over the high threshold of the reception hall. Circular in form, and destitute87 of the wonted Abyssinian pillar in the centre, the massive and lofty clay walls of the chamber glittered with a profusion88 of silver ornaments89, emblazoned shields, matchlocks, and double-barrelled guns. Persian carpets and rugs of all sizes, colours, and patterns, covered the floor, and crowds of Alakas, governors, chiefs, and principal officers of the court, arrayed in their holyday attire90, stood around in a posture91 of respect, uncovered to the girdle. Two wide alcoves93 receded94 on either side, in one of which blazed a cheerful wood fire, engrossed95 by indolent cats, whilst in the other, on a flowered satin ottoman, surrounded by withered96 eunuchs and juvenile97 pages of honour, and supported by gay velvet98 cushions, reclined in Ethiopic state His Most Christian99 Majesty Sáhela Selássie. The Dech Agafari, or state door-keeper, as master of the ceremonies, stood with a rod of green rushes to preserve the exact distance of approach to royalty, and as the British guests entered the hall and made their bows to the throne, motioned them to be seated upon chairs that had previously100 been sent in—which done, it was commanded that all might be covered.
The King was attired101 in a silken Arab vest of green brocade, partially102 shrouded103 under the ample folds of a white cotton robe of Abyssinian manufacture, adorned104 with sundry broad crimson105 stripes and borders. Forty summers, whereof eight-and-twenty had been passed under the uneasy cares of the crown, had slightly furrowed106 his dark brow, and somewhat grizzled a full bushy head of hair, arranged in elaborate curls after the fashion of George the First; and although considerably107 disfigured by the loss of the left eye, the expression of his manly108 features, open, pleasing, and commanding, did not in their tout109 ensemble110 belie111 the character for impartial112 justice which the despot has obtained far and wide—even the Danákil comparing him to “a fine balance of gold.”
All those manifold salutations and inquiries113 which overwrought politeness here enforces, duly concluded, the letters with which the Embassy had been charged—enveloped115 in flowered muslin and rich gold kimkhab—were presented in a sandal wood casket, minutely inlaid with ivory; and the contents having been read and expounded116, the costly117 presents from the British government were introduced in succession, to be spread out before the glistening118 eyes of the Court. The rich Brussels carpet which completely covered the hall, together with Cachemire shawls and embroidered119 Delhi scarfs of resplendent hues120, attracted universal attention, and some of the choicest specimens121 were from time to time handed to the alcove92 by the chief of the eunuchs. On the introduction of each new curiosity, the surprise of the King became more and more unfeigned. Bursts of merriment followed the magic revolutions of a group of Chinese dancing figures; and when the European escort in full uniform, with the sergeant122 at their head, marched into the centre of the hall—faced in front of the throne, and performed the manual and platoon exercises amidst jewellery glittering on the rugs, gay shawls and silver cloths which strewed the floor, ornamented123 clocks chiming, and musical boxes playing “God save the Queen,” His Majesty appeared quite entranced, and declared that he possessed no words to express his gratitude124. But many and bright were the smiles that lighted up the royal features, as three hundred muskets125, with bayonets fixed126, were piled in front of the footstool. A buzz of mingled wonder and applause, which half drowned the music, arose from the crowded courtiers; and the measure of the warlike monarch127’s satisfaction now filled to overflowing128, “God will reward you,” he exclaimed, “for I cannot.”
But astonishment129 and admiration130 knew no bounds, as the populace next spread over the face of the hills to witness the artillery practice, which formed the sequel to the presentation of these princely gifts. A sheet was attached to the opposite face of the ravine. The green valley again rung to the unwonted roar of ordnance; and as the white cloth flew in shreds131 to the wind, under a rapid discharge of round shot, canister, and grape, amidst the crumbling132 of the rock, and the rush of the filling stones, the before despised sponge staves became a theme of eulogy133 to the monarch as well as to the gaping134 peasant. A shout rose long and loud over the pealing135 echoes which rattled136 from hill to hill; and far along the serrated chain was proclaimed the arrival of foreign guests, and the royal acquisition through their means of potent138 engines of war.
Compliments from the throne, and personal congratulations from the principal courtiers and officers of state, closed the evening of this unwonted display; and the introduction, by the hands of the favourite page, of a huge pepper pie, the produce of the royal kitchen, with a command that “the King’s children might feast,” was accompanied by the unheard-of honour of a visit from the dwarf139 father confessor, who might without difficulty have concealed140 his most diminutive141 person beneath the ample pastry142. Enveloped in robes and turbans, and armed with silver cross and crosier, the deformed143 little priest, whose entire long life has been passed in doing good to his fellow-creatures, seating his hideous144 and Punch-like form in a chair placed for its reception, in squeaking145 accents delivered himself thus:—
“Forty years have rolled away since Asfa Woosen, on whose memory be peace, grandsire to our beloved monarch, saw in a dream that the red men were bringing into his kingdom curious and beautiful commodities from countries beyond the great sea. The astrologers, on being commanded to give an interpretation146 thereof, predicted with one accord that foreigners from the land of Egypt would come into Abyssinia during His Majesty’s most illustrious reign137, and that yet more and wealthier would follow in that of his son, and of his son’s son, who should sit next upon the throne. Praise be unto God that the dream and its interpretation have now been fulfilled! Our eyes, though they be old, have never beheld147 wonders until this day, and during the reign over Shoa of seven successive kings, no such miracles as these have been wrought114 in Ethiopia.”
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manly
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ensemble
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belie
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astonishment
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eulogy
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pastry
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