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· TRAW'ELS. IN ;AFRICA.monials, with persons ofacknowledged'elevated,shlt;Ï~neIsewthe.re~tl~an'the latter are ·inclined te aecede to.Many instances ofthi$. kindihaveoccurred.Thus Mr. Park was advised notto offel' to sbake hands MT:.iththe Negro king (who is addressedbyhis own subjectswithtbe.a,ttriofthe Divinity and the heavenlyhost) from the splendourofwbosecol1ntenance eyes are averted, whose feet theground isnot perrnitt:edto touch). But itmaybe, perhaps,supposed that there are certainrtraitsabout the dharacter of a Moorish Sultan not exactly compatible :withan effort at any indecorous degree of enCl"Oaclllnent" and that therefore,in this instance at least, noincorrectnessofrthe kindcould occur. rl:hisis net the case. But as to theparticmlar subject of diplornacy, as weilasthis immediate one, there are certainbabit,s of thinking and speakingwhichmilitate strongly againstsuccess inthat procedurejand,whichmust he, at least, as prec1usive 'here aselsewhere;. which issa,Ylingenough ~.Butto the particular subject,negotiation:it be:hoves. n;s.toôbserve that this, h'ere as elsew:here, mayubedeft"ated iniÎts views,;;frolllthe apparently most feeble;. the most despised, J!leglected, and unsus"pected quarter, and that the'slightestprovocationmay trip up aIl itshopes of sucdess. At this court aIl make a pleaof power arid incH.nation, two matters of very problematicalcalculation here. WhateNerdebility may attend the efforts of service, those aimed in the otherdirection are never to be slighted. AlI whose offer~ are not embracedmay be setdown as enemies, and the numeration, will be found correctenough.Few orthose paid for it can besupposed toc have the intercstsofaIiens at heart. It would be incQmpatible with any fuIe applicableto human nature at large. todoso. And .fewerstill of those whomay be sincere, and have the inclination, possess the power, as indeed