As the month rolled on, under a cold and pleasant sky, the governors of the adjacent districts flocked with their quotas1 to Debra Berhán, to be in readiness against the approaching anniversary of “Máskal.” On this festival, which is held in commemoration of the discovery of the Holy Cross by Saint Helena, the rabble3 militia4 composing the Amhára forces is marshalled in order of review, and the grassy5 slope in front of the palace became daily more and more thickly dotted with black booths and mules6 and neighing steeds. Honours, appointments, and rewards, are now conferred upon the brave and the deserving; and this being also the season of retribution, the forfeited7 property and the household chattels8 of delinquent9 officers add to the fair-like confusion. Herds10 of cattle, and long files of confiscated11 slaves, wooden tables, rickety bedsteads, and other paltry12 prizes of royal seizure13, crowded the bustling14 parade; whilst groups of shivering camels, transferred by writ15 of execution to an uncongenial clime, took up their cold station on the bare ground, which was in a few days to receive their long scraggy bones.
On the eve of the anxiously expected day of jubilee16, the din2 of the nugáreet, followed by the repeated discharge of heavily-loaded matchlocks, proclaimed the movement of the household troops towards the palace portals, in order to guard the imperial person from any sudden outbreak of the wild host encamped in the environs. Halting in front of the tents of the Embassy, they performed the war-dance in our honour by the light of numerous torches. Whilst the leaders solaced17 themselves with a cup of our cura?oa, their curvetting chargers, ridden by confidential18 henchmen, bore gallantly19 among the dense21 mass; and the bright metal stars and studs of their appointments gleamed amid the dark ranks of the warriors22, as they howled the Amhára death chorus. Bidding us good night, the Master of the Horse declared, amongst the affirmative whoops24 of his followers26, that next to the royal safety, the lives of his much-esteemed foreign friends should be uppermost in his thoughts during the coming vigil.
Most unkingly was the appearance presented by the palace at break of day, for all was disorder27 and confusion among the court. Dirt and filth28 reigned29 paramount30 in every purlieu—mire to the ankle obstructed31 every gateway—and the rods of the wearied door-keepers were broken to splinters in their laudable endeavours to check the rush of the eager and greasy32 mob. The very houses themselves seemed more gloomy, and the time-worn mud plaster of the ancient walls more sombre and dilapidated than usual.
The despot was for some hours to be seen squatted33 in the porch of the banqueting hall, surrounded by all the concomitant litter of a forge, which, puffing34 away at the foot of his alga, under the personal supervision35 of the chief smith, blew a cloud of dust and ashes into the royal nostrils36. Decorum seemed to be laid aside for the day. Chattering37 and noise resounded38 in every quarter. Restraint was removed from the tongues of all, and the uplifted voice of the monarch39 was at times scarcely audible, amid the clatter40 of surrounding courtiers, and the ringing of the crow upon the anvil41.
Twenty sallow eunuchs, acting42 each at one and the same time as master of the ceremonies, introduced to the royal notice the crowds of lieges, who, arrayed in most filthy43 garbs44, came crushing together to the front. Priests, and monks45, and petty governors, women, slaves, and cultivators, bore each some present to swell46 the imperial stores. Honey, butter, and beads48, sticks, crutches49, and censers, were alike received with complimentary50 speeches, saving in the instance of one burly knave51, who had presumed to come before the king with a poor bundle of grass. Of him no notice whatever was taken. The very crowd seemed ashamed of so scurvy52 an offering, and an opening being spontaneously made, a few kicks and shoves sent the ill-provided vassal53 speedily out of sight, unrewarded by the customary “God give thee more!” from the lips of his puissant54 sovereign.
But a very different scene presented itself when, at a later hour, we were ushered55 through the grassy lawn to make our bows to His Majesty56. Surrounded by the grandees57 of the court, in their holiday attire58, the generals of the cavalry59 and body-guard, the household officers, and the alakas and high-priests of all the principal churches, he reclined on a moveable throne, tricked out for the occasion in velvet60 and satin. Rich kimkhabs, gay silken vests, and a profusion61 of silver swords and decorations for gallant20 conduct, sparkled on the persons of the courtiers; and the turmoil62 attending the early hours of business had given place to the unbending gravity of Abyssinian etiquette63.
The artillery64 escort having, greatly to the admiration65 of the bystanders, gone through the manual and platoon exercises with blank cartridge66, three hundred Aferoch, under the command of the purveyor-general, entered the arena67, elevating high above their heads bundles of peeled wands, bound together with wisps of rushes, and decked with garlands of the yellow “cross-flower.” The wild song of rejoicing at the return of spring, and of the season of blossoms, “when the fleas68 retire and the flies appear,” had been heard a considerable time, waxing louder and louder, as these lictors, with their fasces, approached the scene of exhibition. Shouting the war-chorus, they now moved forward with a mincing69 gait, and after the most abject70 prostration71 to the earth, with a yell, hurling72 their rods in a heap before the palace steps, the whole crouched73 in a semicircle. Their leader and his stewards74, some on horseback, others on foot, clothed in the spoils of wild beasts, then displayed themselves individually in the dance, galloping76 or vaulting78 between the open ranks, encouraging the men to fight, and demean themselves as warriors in the day of battle—each ending his recitative by a terrific howl, in which he was joined by the whole band.
This exhibition terminated, we were marshalled to a gay Turkish pavilion, which had been purposely erected79, below the royal inspection80 tower. A small, roofed building, resembling the judge’s stand on a country race-course, occupies a raised platform immediately within the palace enclosure. Gaudy81 cloth hangings enveloped82 this cage, and carpets and rugs of all colours covered the top of the rude wall for some distance on either side. The Negoos was already seated when we cantered past, and taking off our hats, received his condescending83 salutation. The usual paraphernalia84 of silver-embossed velvet floated at his feet. The chiefs of the churches, and the civil officers of state—a gorgeous band—were arranged along the platform, whilst a motley crowd of many thousand spectators stood closely packed over the plain below.
Dense masses of cavalry were in readiness at the further extremity85 of the parade, to perform the pageant86 of the day. At the distance of one hundred yards from the imperial stand, a stack of tall leafless willow87 staves had been erected on the bright green turf which extended far and wide in front. Around it were squatted files of warriors, ensconced under their round shields like the tortoise beneath his shell—the management of sundry88 huge culverins, of inordinate89 dimensions, being divided betwixt every three. The muzzle90 rested over the shoulder of one, a second worked the butt47, and a third was prepared, with blazing brand, to fire on the signal given.
The review commenced by the advance of Ayto Kátama’s body-guard, consisting entirely91 of fusiliers, three-fourths of whom were on this occasion equipped with the muskets92 that I had recently presented. Divided into four bodies, consisting each of about one hundred men, they moved slowly forward, shouting the usual war-chorus, in imitation of the voice of the lion, and were kept in line by the vigorous application of the rattan93. Numerous bracelets94, the reward of distinguished95 gallantry, glittered throughout the band, and the fixed96 bayonets, heretofore unknown in Southern Abyssinia, gleamed brightly in the sunshine. Gaining the prescribed distance, the warriors crouched on the ground as if to receive cavalry. A grey-headed but energetic veteran sprang to the front—danced during some time in a variety of uncouth97 capers98—and uttering a howl such as might be conjectured99 to issue from the demon100 in the wolfs glen, discharged his piece. The signal was followed by a running fire along the entire line, when the remaining companies, advancing in succession in the same order, went through similar evolutions, and all marched off dancing and singing to the outer ring.
The commander-in-chief of this doughty101 band had meanwhile formed a conspicuous102, although rather a ludicrous figure in the performance. Adorned103 with a flowing garment of his favourite chintz, the flaring104 pattern of which the kaleidoscope itself must have found difficulty in devising, Ayto Kátama, a bondsman from his youth, exhibited himself in front of the phalanx of slaves, his head enveloped in a crimson105 harlequin cap. Tripping and mincing with the most unseemly capers and gestures, he brandished106 his crooked107 blade in a fashion which could alone have proved dangerous to himself. An inveterate108 chronic109 sore throat had rendered his voice husky; and his vapouring unmilitary motions, which reminded us of the strut110 of a crippled peacock, shed a broad light of caricature over this opening scene of the pantomime.
But the king’s Master of the Horse next advanced with his glittering squadron of picked household cavalry—the flower of the Christian111 lances. Ayto Melkoo was arrayed in a parti-coloured vest, surmounted112 by a crimson Arab fleece, handsomely studded with silver jets. A gilt113 embossed gauntlet encircled his right arm from the wrist to the elbow. His targe and horse-trapping displayed a profusion of silver crosses and devices, and he looked a stately and martial114 warrior23, curvetting at the head of his troop of well-appointed lancers.
Forming line at the distance of half a mile, and approaching the willow pile with a musical accompaniment from a mounted band of kettle-drums, the squadron halted, and the leader, couching his lance, advanced in front. Whilst putting his charger through all the evolutions of Abyssinian manège, he vaunted his prowess in arms, recited the prodigies115 of valour performed in the service of his royal master, and proclaimed his continued good faith, and future bold intentions—his followers, at intervals116, like the Romans of old, responding their assent117 by the loud clatter of lance against shield. The harangue118 concluded, his spears were dashed upon the ground, and the chieftain, drawing his broad two-edged falchion, brandished it in the air: “Tockatoo, Loolá, Loolá, Gummoo, Sik, Oooooh,” he vociferated, as he dashed his heels into the flanks of his prancing119 steed. An instantaneous howl, and independent discharge of culverins, answered the signal, and the wild troop swept past at a gallop75 to the further extremity of the parade.
At the royal request, I caused a salute120 of twenty-one guns to be fired by the artillery escort, from the brass121 three-pounder, which had been dragged by oxen below the willow-stack. Great was the admiration of the wild Galla multitude as they gazed on the appointments and embroidered122 housings of the British officers now assembled on horseback in front of the watch-tower; and sufficiently123 diverting were the remarks they passed on our fluttering plumes124 of white and red feathers—their own emblems125 of bloody126 though not chivalrous127 deeds. When the cannonade opened upon ears that had never before listened to the thunder of ordnance128, and a cloud of white smoke curled high above the heads of those who had hitherto beheld129 such volumes arise only from their own burning hamlets, a buzz of applause pealed130 from end to end of the extended fine. Each echoing report carried to the hearts of the disaffected131 a powerful argument for future loyalty132, and it needed little discrimination to unravel133 the royal policy which had dictated134 the display.
Thirteen governors, clothed in spoils stripped from the lion and the leopard135, with other conspicuous trophies136 of the chase, next passed successively in order of review. Decked in emblems of blood—rings, feathers, bracelets, and gauntlets—tokens all of individual prowess in hand to hand combat with the king’s foes—the leader of each glittering cohort indulged in a long rambling137 harangue, ere shouting the signal for the charge. Many there were who wore the akodáma—a massive transverse beam of silver projecting across the brows, and hung with a profusion of chains and pendants, the reward for the slaughter138 of an Adel, several of which respectable body, including the Ras el Káfilah and his fiery139 coadjutor, Ibrahim Shehém, were spectators of the martial manoeuvres of the Amhára troops.
An interesting, though perhaps not a very military sight, was witnessed as the hours drew on. The famished140 governors, judges, chiefs, nobles, courtiers, and dignitaries of the church, who occupied the elevated platform on either side of the royal box, unable longer to resist the calls of hunger, were suddenly to be perceived in the act of employing their crooked swords in reducing the dimensions of several sides and flaps of raw beef, which had been furnished by the king’s munificence141, and were ostentatiously displayed by as many menials—nor, under the well-directed and vigorous attacks of the assembly, were the reeking142 collops long in disappearing.
A few only of the detachments, whose leaders were not gifted with eloquence143, charged past without a halt from the ground on which they had formed; and it is not improbable that these, having made the circuit of the palace enclosure, had swelled144 the pageant by appearing a second time on the stage. Others, dismounting, performed various evolutions on foot—ancient heroes, with falchions of truly portentous145 dimensions, capering146 and striding before the line, until on a signal made by the culverins, they vaulted147 again into the saddles, and dashed onward148 over the green-sward, now fast fading under the tramp of hoofs149.
Last of all came the tall martial figure of Abogáz Maretch, chief of all the tributary150 Galla in the south, at the head of his Abitchu legion, who closed the display of barbarian151 tactics. Three thousand in number, the sea of wild horsemen moved in advance to the music of the kettledrums, their arms and decorations flashing in the sun-beam, and their ample white robes and long braided hair streaming to the breeze. At the shrill152 whoop25 of their leader, with the rushing sound of a hurricane, the cohort clattered153 past the royal stand, and the moving forest of lances disappeared under a cloud of dust.
From eight to ten thousand cavalry were present in the field, and the spectacle, which lasted from nine in the morning until five in the afternoon, was exceedingly wild and impressive. Did the warriors who this day recounted their valorous achievements before the monarch only possess hearts of a measure with their good weapons and strong seats, they could not fail to prove the means of extensive power and conquest under the control of an aspiring154 chief; but such unfortunately is not the case, and the speed of their stout155 hardy156 steeds is too frequently exerted in the wrong direction.
As soon as it became dark, several rockets which we had brought with us were discharged from our tents by the king’s express desire. With fire-arms the Abyssinians were previously157 acquainted, and the brass galloper158 which had echoed so recently, although viewed with wonderful respect, was still only the engine on a colossal159 scale, to which they were familiarised. But these were the first rockets of which His Majesty had viewed the flight, and the impression they produced upon his mind, as he gazed from his watch-tower, was scarcely less than that worked upon his assembled subjects. Night had thrown her mantle160 around, and the novel principle of ascent161, with the grandeur162 of the brilliant rush into the skies, afforded matter of amazement163 to all spectators. When the projectile164 started with a loud roar from its bed, men, women, and children, fell flat upon their faces. Horses and mules broke loose from their tethers, and the warrior who had any heart remaining shouted aloud. The Galla tribes who witnessed the meteor-like explosion from the vicinity, ascribed the phenomenon to the use of potent165 medicines, and declared that since the Gyptzis could at pleasure produce comets in the sky, and rain fire from heaven, there was nought166 for them left, save abject submission167 to the king’s commands.
The ceremony of burning the stack of willow staves on the parade commenced shortly after this exhibition, and, superintended by His Majesty in person, terminated the proceedings168 of the busy day. Shrouded169 from the gaze of the populace, the ladies of the royal harem danced and clapped their hands together, as their white ghostlike figures moved in circling procession around the pile so shortly to be committed to the flames. Then followed a rush of torch-bearers from various quarters, mingled170 with the corps171 of Aferoch, and all reeling under the effects of strong old hydromel. Three hundred flower-decked fasces, displayed bright and fresh in the morning, but now withered172 and faded, were with savage173 shouts and yells cast simultaneously174 on the pyre, and a burst of lurid175 glare, which revealed all that was passing, at once proclaimed their ignition. Thousands crowding to the spot added their tribute, and joined in the din of voices. Black crosses to repel176 the devil were by many described on their foreheads with the charred177 wood, in the struggle to obtain which hard blows were dealt lustily about, and some of the competitors were even forced into the pile. The legend asserts, that on the discovery of the Holy Cross by the mother of Constantine the Great, she caused beacon178 fires to be lighted on all the high hills of Palestine, upon beholding179 which a general shout of joy was raised by the people of Constantinople. In imitation hereof, wild songs and yells of triumph from the inebriated180 Christians181 of Shoa, now completed the turmoil and confusion, and with the crackling red flames that curled up the tall dry staves, ascended182 high towards the starry183 vault77 of heaven in honour of Saint Helena.
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| （正式限定的）定量( quota的名词复数 )； 定额； 指标； 摊派 | |
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rabble
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forfeited
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paltry
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jubilee
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monarch
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monks
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butt
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knave
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vassal
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majesty
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