A ROYAL GIFT.
Tin-. King of Dahomey has considerably embai raised the in-valid' Kintr of Portugal by sending him a present of half-a-do/on negro tcirls, with a message that they had boon selected from tho prettiest and plumpest damsels in his dominions On reaching Lisbon these nymphs were attired much after tho fashion of the (harden of Eden, but they have since been decorously dressed by order of King Louis. They were first sent to the marino barracks, where they were kept for a few days in a carefully guarded whig, but this arrangement caused both scandal and inconvenience, so they were relegated to a house in the botanical gardons, whero they still remain.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 6
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114A ROYAL GIFT. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 6
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