AN INTERVIkn WITH KING THBODIRE.

Tuapeka Times, Issue 1, 15 February 1868, Page 4

AN INTER VIkn WITH KING THBODIRE.

A cow'pspoinlent of Vhe v Standard, 1 ' who ia writing a »or4es- (articles on AbysHinia in %h&t- jourjjal, {«ps tshe following account of an. iijternew\vitk\the Kiiiff : -—." At last we aiTivedW. sai'ctum icavtorum , where his Abwinjan AJajesty was to be aeeVi "in all | s^^ry- Tho room' was small,, but irowieJ with articlpa o.f luxury', silks md damasks, gold and silver. brocades, Lther used aa carpes or laid on the divan Surrounded hy his guard stood the-rnansfcern-riamed rhe, Abyssinian Wild Peal, but whose .vpp'parance. at; the time V no means struck me as unfavorable.". tChere was a dignity and grace in his moments" which, •nay truly be termed- - roVl ; and a which, with -his dewmined cast' of countenance and p'rojectinlund^r-jaw, could l>y no means be'mistakft for want of wi11. ., .In fact, he is obstiate in the highest degree,* and the piftfei gla"nce of his eye indicative of ■ '"ftutcl-^rrssi^tible passion." tie is rather abovellie middle height, well and strongly bum," a frame capable of great endurance, "vfch. -.a high forehead, --denoting no mean iteHectual capabilities ;, but -it was easy^ l> observe what ravages a continual indigence of his love of intoxicating liflors has already . caused in^his constitilon, and the wild* look, witjt'Vhich he sn*^ed me only too plainly "ihdM'ed that ffl^^then he was undfcr^ the influence WJpome recent orgie. " After staring i at'^Sinartf uncomfortable fashion- poms lrtp^jmß, 7 He asked wh'a§ business I had to |fcr*Tiis di>mi»ions jfciJioiit his previou«e?mission *what^BLob]eUt could be iAcrnvftig to* Ahy'stoffl^and whether I toac'onnecte'd **^^ > tli|"^ritish. GoveAiVnt 1 ThereuptfWlt'r' infornied him tj/aAwas merely a AVho wished7t.<r e^'»ne acq-iiaihted wath > the ancient /^ mt \pf ( Ethiopia which had been so "^erfnljy f restored to its former glory L .■.§ r 'lw energy and strength of will, /."oweve.^ his lmp'erial Majesty was evfaW prorM agai. ffc flattery— in fact,, tfa& rat]/e« disgusted wrth it— ano; v e rtP ere inpt?r™ .informed me that ft^a W on £ 1 4ar .n^H self a prisoner," therewit^^4 conduct me from his a J'^g n 'ea'ißs^fn^B the whole, I was not <t£ kT!" <l^jSvy^B krecepti«n I/had recei'-/ \ A^'^en«iV^B K^mntJ^^gu^|i:^|bod4^«