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A Royal Burial

           WhatthisdeathofMoiniLounggawasgoingtocostinblood,wouldbebelievedwithdifficulty,iftheCentralAfricatravelers,LieutenantCameronamongothers,hadnotrelatedfactsthatcannotbedoubted.

           TheKingofKazounde’snaturalheirwastheQueenMoini.Inproceedingwithoutdelaywiththefuneralceremoniessheactedwithsovereignauthority,andcouldthusdistancethecompetitors,amongothersthatKingoftheOukonson,whotendedtoencroachupontherightsofKazounde’ssovereigns.Besides,Moini,evenbybecomingqueen,avoidedthecruelfatereservedfortheotherwivesofthedeceased;atthesametimeshewouldgetridoftheyoungestones,ofwhomshe,firstindate,hadnecessarilytocomplain.Thisresultwouldparticularlysuittheferocioustemperamentofthatvixen.Soshehaditannounced,withdeer’shornsandotherinstruments,thattheobsequiesofthedefunctkingwouldtakeplacethenexteveningwithalltheusualceremony.

           Noprotestationwasmade,neitheratcourtnorfromthenatives.AlvezandtheothertradershadnothingtofearfromtheaccessionofthisQueenMoini.Withafewpresents,afewflatteringremarks,theywouldeasilysubjecthertotheirinfluence.Thustheroyalheritagewastransmittedwithoutdifficulty.Therewasterroronlyintheharem,andnotwithoutreason.

           Thepreparatorylaborsforthefuneralwerecommencedthesameday.AttheendoftheprincipalstreetofKazoundeflowedadeepandrapidstream,anaffluentoftheCoango.Thequestionwastoturnthisstreamaside,soastoleaveitsbeddry.

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