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river' runs.-- You - retrtemher; too, how we I scholars- I have to tel.) you• Of the last strat- '
have speculated upon
pie, our school. While ;Sa probability Of theft I agem of bur opposers i Tripoli to break up .
being - 4.,Tierpendicular,: deoeent_and waterfall • : a was inDtima,they
at the lower extremity of the plain. -; On in- Industriodsly circulate a report that she was
quiring : Of the Sheikh, the t• Informed me that dead and buried ! so th t several of her old
we:were rightzand Iminediately_l determined I scholars who were awaiting her return, went
on a tour of-
t discover. . "•lt 'proved - a longer.l back to the old schoo.s. Abdulla,
.Yanni,
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walk - than 'autteipitt, ;.about an. hour, or and t others, who had' giv - in full credence to-the
nearly three.• Miles, t-Orteeaching die spot, 1 report,were as greatly uiprised when Sada
the tß.eittitalitit burst itimit.)me waS gaud-and appeared among them,, s though she had ris
beautiful in the extrenie,-'-Thp river iSdivid. j en ;from' the dead ! _
'ed•into several sertalleitstica*S; by many lit- I have received letter from brothers Wil
tie islandS,Yalid the difrided Waters then dash son, Benton, and Hutitei.; themselves and
down pier perpendietilavrocks and precipie• j familjes are all well.
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es io a deep chain 4 several' hundred feet I have conducted services-in' Arabic
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' , be oW. •Oh each _side.of the, gulf - the mount- each Sabbath since we came to Darns; Bible
sins tower up' to an inimenseheight, forming i . elass in the morning, alul preaching in the
a deep, narrow' *lite extending to the west-.
~a tternoon, besides doin c ,olan immense ailment
ward; atohe further extremity of which of talk - mg, and I think/ our labors have not
is visible.the lalueeXpanie of the sett. While o f
without effect. .- feel assured that the
'1 siood 'looking ' upon] the wild landscape, I truth : is:madeson - lel pressi.m. May God
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said:to miSelf,'" I most certainly come here deepen the. impressio• . , and caustviie seed
"next summer and ;bring you all
: with me, and sown t spring up; and bear fruit unto cter:
hoivgreatly shall 4 we-enjOy the scene: togeth- nal r .. There were good number present
erl"l . Near where the water •calls, is a little lat le services yesterday and they were. very
Maronite Village: , I Called upon Sheikh Dah. entire. Sabbath be ore last I took asmy
dab, the principal. than of ; the Place., who 1 subject of discourse, M. tt. xv : 9. Priest Job
I treated me With•great courtesy arid hOspit i al. was in, bOt did not, see' iat al to relish my
liiy.. While I was.',sitting eonversing with the theme, ineth less ,my. a plicati:of it. The
i I- Sheikh , Mohammed 'kvent into theiNoining Priest sends yoti his sa tins. Sheliaden begs
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I room, and I presentl - y overheard the follow- 'to be especially remenSered to you,,and so
1 inedialogue betkeed i hint and the - *Omen : of
,Eleas: Abe thrall n, and Abu Daoud,
" Who is this Frank „ stranger otranger with you I"._ and Abu Yezbak, ands , me other Aboos and
i''He is an Etneer.l'Aer•Prinee.) . •Sheikhs whom you do lat know, send salams
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" bat sort : of an Emeer?" ,
" Etncei a Cane.'' I(Antericane) • the U. S. ship o f '. 1. - ar, Congress, visited
••• "Do ,youltnow•froin whet filthily- he eitiner f Beirut two iiecks si ee; staid four days,
"He is the son of tbe English Cc/I=N lin. fired.guns, and went to . , affa. - Love to all.
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"Where did you g,eiacqUaintedWith,hitn?" - Letter from Re ' .•J. L. Lyons
- ‘4. In 'Beirut, two years. , agO."„, • ' to - WS brother George.
, Soon-atter, the' woo l len made their appear- • • .
I.ance,tind bowing
. 14, addressed me, ” 0 ,, , •
I Emeer, how Is your excellency; her is your
imust noble presence Vr After the-:salutations
I were all over, and the - k - offee pass round, 1
l_lectit niy leave. After !priiiieeding a little.dis
tanee,•l informed 'my Icompanionlhat 1 had
heard his cimversationl,With the wdroen, and
asked.him why ihe had called' me an Emeer.
" Why," - said he, "didl,you not once tell me
you were ,- .an -Emeer [a eane ?" ." But why.
I did -youti;‘ ,
• I was a.son of the• English Con
t ours uncle'?" ", O ; I thouglityou might per
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hap be-velated to the, English Consul in sonic
I 'way, t did not kilo* exactly how." " And:
I wliy did you say youllinew mein Beirut? I
I never saw you there," ••."Blit. I saw you
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t there, I did-not speak [to
,you because I had
i nol,-.been ' iliti a iiced ' ti.) -).0p;" - I could not.
I, forbear. administering 1 toi him a rebuke for
I his disoimulation, and it -was plain to be seen
thatfliii wily object in e xalting me was that,
honer Might thereby be-reflected CM. himself.
1 . We'storiped slew miontents at,Keft Hilda,
and then wenton to tI4 great faintain,above
l the village. Some dtstattee, off,. the Sheikh
I pointed out to me a larrre cave which•he said
1 Was -inhabited by evil ,4;irits. , I told him that
I was ail a snperotttion . . Ifte replied that there
1 was a terrible roaring }Within the cave which "
j. the PenPle - ascribed toithe howling of devilo. , l
I proposed that we go in and drive the inon- ! i
I st&sout. He said- nitfiedV had ever dared!'
[ - to enter, but : hi wouhligo hi if I would. As
the sun, however, was near its setting, we con
( 'eluded to postpone - the performance of the•
I- feat untilar'subsequenti day. .. .
!. On arriving at my t hon, I -found myself
pt, g r
aving walked:. five
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. hours, equal to ten Or twel ye miles, in the. hot
1 Syrian'stitt, a thing vithichll had no idea of
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doing wheel I set out, and 'hope never to be
I foolish enough to dotagain.l ' . . . . .1
I - (( A -few ddysiafter tba incidents-above rei-• i
laced, we *de the' extploration of the -cavt.. -)
•Our parry consisted l f.if live': El as, Shelia ) .
'den,' Antonius, the SE
.11ch. and myself. On 4e
roar
ing
entering the mouth o the cavern, the.
within was nide . tremendous, and. yet
I'seemed:dult and dista it. 'lLighting our can-
I,dle", we :groped •our
.ii• y , hrough a 'narrow,
} damp passage,.in : the dir. Lion of the noise...,
I Presently our-path wideu d and we .entered
tan' immense chamberi 'out be which opened
'I iwo.hallS, or, pass,aaeOgeading, in different di
, reetions: •••Passinido4*..steep descent, we
found another large apartment, et the farther
end of which the roof rtne,„down so low that.]
we. were obliged' to crawl for several rixls on
ripe:hands r and ; knees. 1 ,Emerging from this ,
nhrrow place,:*e entered another chamber of
i-- geat height, through which flows a- streaM'of I
water rapidly glidingialong in a deep,' : dark r
Lavine. below. -Folloiring up the stream,.the ,
noise becoming louder and louder as we pro-1
ceeded‘ we at length 'kr:rive:a • - at a beautiful 1
• ,z.,
caseaae, the - waters tumbling - and dashing
down over the rocks,! filling the whale cav
ern,Wifh ceaseless rei/ t erberations.'' it, was ;a
very wild a-:-pieturesque sight, that dark,
foaming wa terfallin....be bowels of the earth;
and here again thought I (Die' Valente) we
will all 'come next suMmer,
, - Having , unravelit4 thif myetery of the.]
"-evil , spirit s4trofitil ourselves
Marito as , to, I
_ the e nstrfelattd_origirtiorthe ",houtings, i ' . we •1,
. eat Tietraced - our stEps,explered one or two more
e. - the .A . nrS,
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rl . Eit shall 1 c ornfii, • ro°r"st'di-'c° discovered allarge, heautifel pillar,
a nuea it he n•airi li..whfil - et Worid and; ose hie formed liy the,driPptegof the sand and lime
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mire dtil:.' ••A 'few-days afterwarda lint:erne' water'froio,the roof ; end breaking'off a. few ;
ir,t9'24 house and seemed to feel" r oad regret _Stalactite* • found our Way - out at length intsf
tor his! sin.. He said also that notifithstand open day . '
~, The' , ' Dot t nite.s were • Mach_
to
ing his:selling on the Sabbath; he 'l,iid, lost prised at ;
our TeXplots l .huti still ,' chug 'to :the
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eight pas.krs on his anplea. 1 replied,':" You . ' kg.cild that the cave_ is possea,sed•or deils,for
ha:t Mol f e - than - ihat." He - said:`':XeSJ know th# a - girl who once; ventured, iitto it wag
`1: 1 /CreWaS i loss to' Itly SOUL" - C 44 T . .17 I . never heard of more; .• ' , , • •
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~eicased, " that iwns , the greatest,:loss of all;
party at
mOntioned sta -l one of 'our
Aar_you iLven'titliieed the loss: in piasters high atTihe - paye, his,_ . ..been - our ie . :air in
(Thitgli;:you loSt not eight-but one thousand- :Arabic- - A great ehar - igehtts taken . ' piitOe - in.
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plasters!' As ihelooke,tl sniised, I . eiPliiti, 'litf lA - 06 the time 'lie . used ito *he' to our
.ed that- it had t, teen /TIN' intention - ; to hind '1644'; with all his splCassuratic,e arid - ridieu - - 1
....„. discuss .. ~. . .
a• seboal, by- which-.'nieans - he;7Wtauld' have ronSfiiiniaposity36 qUestions be knew
gained ,at least one Iliouthid_PiasterS.before . little': about. - 7 He ''ll . he.eome. tt:tharcingh
another sum in4 l r; 1;0.4141 gobid: not think PrOtestant, •atid,l`gtvit. a.( up' 411 the
_traditions
of 'acing Young children under.- the Charge - and Us'eless;foithitflthe GreolEebtireb::••llis •
• of one who' byllis exaMple shouldteaeht hem. -friends -andi:Others atTripoli, hearing of this,
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to disregard- - God'i. -commandments: 'I sin have sent up threats Vthoywil s trattend to
_ Is'illitig.- however: to 'make:all . ditesidlouiarine his -L'Ase .whe•fr he re nis- to,
- them.. He • has
c "r.Aittonius. - I lie is apoor ,liev,'l'land bektig: written•a long letteri. to diem, defending the,
' l 7artg tenf*eil fen
ly • , into sin . :;- ‘I , hai+e-. a 'eoupse'lie has , takeni !_He -goeitdoWit next
• go.Z.deal•oflidge: for him oind . presunie.(tho 4 X.Vl4 l k flio l ,will. 491t10ne,..PF. fir A tto is in the w
I did tact tell lipm so;ritliafrtiq - nen atiriira#r ' quorums,, and it. sa. going -, to . ; „Billy:A:Jana.
" I ' 6ll feel flrefitred, to giY4 hint' a,selitiol, , :May. God,give him strelgth and wisdom,i , gad
.:. Alohammed,l the • Metuali l !Sliitiiith cone: Above all, 4 now'. knit ...lie has asked. me to
tr . es'his. visitS, i,houihtsilleelheklay -: ' ‘ - ion - .also •Tem . mai? er.bim;
rati:inq.iiim three -if - undrecli.pinsters,'•and tak-' at the tbroneof grae,e,:. 1 , trust .he will. yet
rqiiN Wort . .l is pledge „ is ; calls haie•
bee -
. ii pine so - freifuelit. • days • since ; • ;work ; - - -
not _tratka7.l.lS A ' useful - ,b Jper in the missionary
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• 'Plfig to Y 4 eartiest: solicitation, 1' Arent ..:.T.O-morrow AF . 04Plie:07ePuina and
with liiiu'in h 4 louse'' in Kefr Hilda: : . - 1 :1; .-' • proceed over -the . ;noltntninot _to- Xtlltun.dliq:
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_, .. 4 : 'mg at the river. ear'the - villageille tttttnne.4l.4oc,it, to atte,nd the -Meeting, and' .
N9eik " tuc k - 0
'o'l6 . 11 Ili • irViVset'S - and • - then, to Deir. El : limin,:, - Air" . . .I.4tatia, and .
runlet, me . Ic,rpss'ottilii• k' . ,llof i -yeitietn- , -•
. Peirt).4_4l34 take :; 41W to_ Tr:9;4k -.W e ' ,
her the . beautifuLlerkpl • jikii4 - •pit),6„:Zdelf :414'044.006v ,•ltitters, fetn* . ,liada..,. : §he i ls
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..' il irOtd II)' inOnaiins . - th roe - 1;' - '•4 - 'h• th - ' ~ y;e,ll,aud his l r pen 41'eradwoar.itil Welk.
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-; • Fir the Infkientieut IRepiatican.
r TO INF.;Z. -
on a , ruggied cliff retand,.
And gaze far, o'er the foaming sea„;."
And almost fancy,.frinii•thy hand -
I see a signal wavoll to me., • .
But. no parted not as friends, •
:and surely not as lovers part • '
At; me, the agony that rends • ' ,•
This lone dud irldly thiolthipg Leah!'
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Around nay.betul, the.g . ea-gull's cry
-Shrieks, with' the voice of wnd and yfave;
As if to mock tIM hopes ibat l i e
Censuming, with - rw)balm to save. • , .
AIL! ;where arc all thy vows ti me; . •
My light-winged dream oc.mlinhood's bliss?
Gone, like a bubble on tlfelSea—, • •
Engulfed itt'falsthoCas- dark, abyss.
Cold 'lliatlionds, from thytharble - trow '
Flash w i ld) their long-imprisoned light—ht— -
And colder still the look that thou . -
. Casts on me from thr aizd height
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Ah, peijured one ! thy peaectreas sold
When, in thy rain and selfisb -pride,-
My love-was Ushered for his gold ' '
Who claims thee now—an old than's bride:
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Letter from Rev. I L. Lyon.s
to ROW H. H. Jessup.
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.k. Y Ds.s.u..Baorns.a.:-Last -week I made
Liit to .01tur262-.. '..-..".foii,Aoubtles 7 recolleet..
, t our friend .. Abn - -13abeeb was'. . to haie
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enea a school. there on, the first cif Septeni.'
-.. I found, hOWe . ver, on ' ttyy arrival ; -that
had &Inc nothing 'about the matter;being .
city occupied insffeculations in tObaceo.—
fe room, moreover. ' .aid'
_he. C#eeted !tO
tarty, fur • a school, had, in co . t:,..iquence_ of
dchi3t, fallen. into- ot her
. hat i s - itii.nl. he new
ows, Of none Other that can bei,'had that
3 uld lie... 'suitable for the..pUrpose:i 'I - urged
n. however,: ' f use•all',. possible !diligence;
d hope s thatin s few daika room will he.
and and a sehool commenced, 1111nd-sonic'
•ry-interestimi - conCerstio3., w i t hlAis„ Ha,
eb in r%rar,d tolhii -religious .vieits-ana ex:
fence; and he. read to me a tract viich he
i S written, gi.whi an account of ,his: gradual
.aucipatiim -front the ei rors to,t* Greek
,i3reh, - - and his advaneement.by ., slow, stepl
,iii darkness. into light., I brought tftel)ook •
m. 6 with me, think in a that Somebf our .Dti
-1 friends:might be benefitted by the perus
of ff, ' Priest, Job read it the other day,
i to niy question as to how he liketfit, 'on
replied, "gi-ei-y man. mush shift•faliini
f and work out his- own 'salvation ifs. best
n returnin,7 fr m l Ghurzuz I took / a route
q I ite li Tevent
front
the
usual°ne' r dqfter
reee( lil,tmootrs strived at te large
'1 ronitc convent of \layfoo. It i ,an im•
m iuse
structure j and contains fifty` stupid
r4ni,s Meetink the Thei s 'at _a fountqui
t car by N Lere I had stopped to lunch. he in
I,toll me in I ictepted, and spent an hoar
%.14h bun in conversation, and had a nlet ant
dscii-sion mith film on the subject of 'Christ
the or k. triedlat r.`' Ile, mas very courtet s,
'iroughl me grapes, pears, sherbet and cot
.a. acid on left% mg, I i resented him with the
triact ertiticd "11 nth u d...morks ' Arming
It Duma 1 found •my famil: of girls 111 m ell,
'and a eromii of Arab friends gathered awinid
tc melcorrie rue back .
You will be interested to know something
1 lout your old Arab acquaintsyes lithe -- i
Rolr 3Loosq died, you. recollect, id t, winter:l
priest Job come, in every. day;l . hive had
a great many talm, and discus , ton , with him.
Ile knows the tsu 1% %I ell eiu tigh, but clings
tc his errors h pertm If 10t14% as ever, and
des-this ruerell ; , as I believe, (and have told
ham ;l for the praise of men and fkr-fear sit
li sirg his sul p?rt. -Pi•ii.st lianna has de 1
argilci m•"sr againstus, and ft. r bidden his peo
ple to come to lour boils( I called-pi him
dud told him that as hia people bad riot per
nibsion to cero to me, 1 supposed I had fell
ibert% to 'go tol them Ido ntt see, home%
J
r iliat his prohibition has greiltly les , ened
" tne number ef,nir visitors .Antomus, (w •e ,
u ed i ftit call him riniios ) m horn me thought,
'Of eff/P lO 3 wing al a school tcaclietm still here.
Ile citrimitted a grievous error, it few weeks
ago, for which reason I hare not, yet given
him a school Ire bought a quantity of ap
tiles to speculate upon, and not dicing dis
ed of them all at the close of the week,
•( 1 all daylong. the Salibath lim as absent at
se time, in Triki On returning to Duma
met hi on the street, and baying learned
hat he=had been about accosted him with;
nom do You do. -A hut is the new, ? "Peace
• elan ;he replied, " the Doss lb NI - Ith iou,
01 I; kh tnP " Yes," I answeie I, ''.l.Lace
m enew-" " What, ..= .t 1' be asked, i
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rir i d 1 hare heard thata young man who
Is (1 1 ~I I, fled iricl calls himself a chri tran,
;broke one of Gcl I s commands 'by gelling ap
• pl.s in ?um a, last Sttbbar"h.'S lie replied,
'Thatm•as me . De seemed rather ashqm
ca,.sai I he .was sorry for u•hat he bad done,
r sad that his rta4rin for selloicr b the apples on•
the S tith ,th 4a. that they began tOspoil ate
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DEAR BROTHER G.
lOt,ter, the long letter,,
a long time ago: You
Written you. Weak
work.. and . neecessary
Me to , abridge my ei.1 .1
and Row, IVithout spell
apologimll will proceil
r the varion's questions o
- inci in your last letters.
1 1. You inquire, W
sugar from, in Syria
answer, that rooßt. of '
From France, also som
casionally. a ship arrive
ton, bringing Amerie.
kind known to' most o
is. the White loaf sug I
we,alwoys get M tit
neyer been able to fin
country, and indeed-it
here, except in two or
Americp . vessels jus
tasugar costs here eleven
great majority of the,
rnountaineers,. do not
them..raise bees, and pl
ey; but by far - the. grel
itants depend for theil
upon the
.juice of the . ;
down. to the consistent'
call digs—=a speCimen.
some .rmonth6 ago.
manufacture
,yarioos s
the whole, they are • fli
ing sweet things than / 1
ica. And except in c 1
' ier inhabitants, cake •
knoWn.
The Arabs have net t
of sugar-making. Th
'Lar-cone grows- luxur
its culturc,is almost
2. .1 - oe inquire
silk-making. In inti
Will first give you
spect to !_liq,,Murberr)
of which the silk : Wort
tree grows vigorousl
.on the plain,. but also,
' • f the :- '.l - •
e leave's, and brand'
7r twice a year, to fe'
cattle, and therefore 1
to a height exceedint
quince; though whe
to the size of the ap
of -a light green col
-and size thost'; of t
the only food orthe 1
• 11-you shi.uld n ente i
silk-grower, in the 1
tention would be Cu !
ber of cocoons, strun
pended . from pegs or
In some houses yo
more of then string
,cocoons to each stria
you will notice . that
haire been perforate.
pillar inside, form
•qte of these caterpili
eats its way agt, all
, in the, form of a lan;
ap inch to an inch al
t i me for, t he moth t g
depends•upon the te I
in Which it is found
TRt)St;t'THtRSDAY,,AANUART 741§55.
ITTeI
lA A Aug. 26, 1657.
DumA, Si
tnqe.: - -Now for the
that I vromised ydu
know why I have not
yes, a great deat_of
tidy, have compelled
I respolfdence of late ;
!ding limd in making
answer some of
pelt you imposed to:
here do yoif get your
'-,lii,reply t o o which, I
air sugar is imported,
from Egypt, and oc- •
3 at Beirut from Bos
n sugar., The. only
The people in Syria,
r, and. it 'ts this kind
market. We, have
brown sugar in this
s never been brought-
three instances in the
alluded to. White
1 cents a pound.: The
people, 'especially the
use sugar. . SOme of
~.itice very good hoti
-1.-Ar part of the inhab-
I. s i weeiening material,
rlpo, which they boil
y Of thick syrup, and
.of: . which rsent hou:..a
.From - the dibs, they
veetmeats; though on
,r less addicted to eat
re the people in Amer
;ties among the wealth
d i pie are almost un
.si .
er.earced tho. process
.refore, though the sa
l:rutty iu this country,
trtiroly neglected. ,
bout silk-worms and
educing .the subject, I
• me intbrmation in re
tree4,-upon the leavei
jfs feed. The mulberry
in Syria, not only up
upon the lower ranges.
e inhalAints trim off
[ s of the'mulberrY once
td their silk-worMs and
t he tree s.eldoM attains
that of the American
. left to•itself it grows
tree. The leaves are
, resemblinc - in, form
c grape-vine;and form
;ilk-worm.
the house of au Arab
•ontb of June, your at-
Itcted by a_latge num
' Upon threads, and sus
liails.driven in the wall.
would .filid a dozen or
numbering abont fifty
[. if you look closely
:some of these. cocoons
by the worm, or cater.
.'cocoon is the abode of
prs, which in due time
1 etnerge.s - front its shell
e white mOth; of from
`• ahalf in length. The
emerge from its cticA3on
perature of the locality
On the sea coast, the
of the cocoons about
caterpillars come o ,
the first'ofJune; b.
the
the climate is .con.:
not make their appe
diately on dtsengagi
cocoons, the moths
male and female
distinguished (ruin
iias a thicker 'body
1
pi , ' of white cot , .
eigh _hours, the •f
egg • ' She'rusuall
hours in the proces
to a hundred, eggs,
of it.pin bead; and o
1 gradually changing
1 being exposed to t .;
ifothia do riot at' .I
riii,dispsiticni to 1- -
ari placed, and die
tor emerging from
.eggs 'deposited on t
existence are: retai . ,
and
,day are u'stla i
atwa,y as" useless. ,
which the eggs ar:
fully sewed up in
cool place, where t
Feeding Spring('
• -: If:you - Should en
clwrgitonsUL.Le - 1
you Would "See sco
1 petxled • from : 0 0 ., i
' to differeit falltir-
They • are left ; la% .: 1
.E
the mountains - where
• raldy colder, they do
nee till July. • Imirin
themselves fromthc
rle placed , side by side,
e' sexes being 'readily
le circumstance that one
than the other—upon a
cloih. After six or
ale begins to lay'her
Occupies eight or ten
depositing from sixty.
obularin shape, the size
light yellow color, but
'. 'a dark purple him,.en
light. The moths eat
pt to fly; and °manifest
c-the spot on which they
ill jtao or three days af
eoccion. " Only those
e tirst of maths'
• ~ tho^e laid on the see.
y removed' and thrown
The pieces of• cl,clth on
deposited; are the% cafe.
bag, and laid away in a
r eyiredlain until the sue.
is
or,a Maronite
,yo,.in the winter y,eaficip,
•
of these little bags null
or .eePli/g2 belonging
its I;belveighborboo& --
-OPe - W4.4 14 3et fot
--- ,
'pose, through guy aoperstitioug 'notions . in
regard to the sanctity of the: place, but be
cause the churches (as there is Inofire kindled
in them during the year) are e der than the
dwelling houses of the inhabitants. If the'
eggs of the silk-worm-should. b exposed to
the warmth of the dwelling' , they weuld
hatch out in the full or 'early winter, when
the leaves of-the mulberry trees,. being strong
and tough, are not suitable food-for the young
worm to subsist upon.
Early' ifi the spring, as . soon•as the' young
and tender leaves shoot - out, the
,eggs are
placed in a warm room, a fire being kindled
to hasten the process' of hatching,,and id the
course of four or five days.- a. minute white
worm is prodUced from' each' egg. - The, in
fant worms are fed with great care, the Young
and tender leaves of the molberry being cut
up for their use. But after-a.few' days the - v .
become. sufficiently large• and i, strong 14 . feed
upon 'uncut leaves, and are'Then removed "to
the houses of the inhabitants. Here they
are -placed upon large platters or plates made
of mud and refuse from the cow-yard, and
Ire+ leaves supplied to them ,day by day,
as they are plucked from the tree. The*
worms feed upon the leavesabout six weeks,
'When having attained their full growth&.
from an inch and a half to two Inches in
length,..—they crawl up upon the.boughs sus
pended above. them for the purpose, and then
commence spinning their cocoons. The pro
cess .of spinning occupies prom six to ten
days, the worlh completely - enveloping itself
.in a fine silken shrodd of a white or light
yellow- color, and here it remains 'in what is
called 'its chrysalis staie,• gradually and M-
I lentlY undergoing the change necessary for .
its new life., -
At the expiration of a month, if left undis
- curbed, it entergeglrom its shell metritnorph:
1 osed into a butterfly, as alii.ady related.—
Only a smhll number, however, of the em
bryo worms, are allowed to'come to motor
iv. A few of the largest and best of the
cocoons are preserved for the production of
eggs._ .A i s soon as the worms are done spin
ning,%y far the greater proportion of cocoons
are thrown into hot water, and the fine thread
reeled off on rude wheeli, the worms being
destroyed by the scalding water. The thread's,.
are then removed from the reel, add forrned
into skeins, and this constitutes the " raw,
silk" round in the markets. •
One cocoon of good quality wiliprodute a,
single thread of, from sixty to eighty rods
(about a quarter of a mile) in length. Ten
pounds of cocoons- of average quality ‘yill
produce a pound of silk. ? The raw silk brings
'about $4 a
. pound. •Three years ago it sold
for about, half that-priee.- the 'great rise in
value . being occasioned the ineased. de,
t
cr
mond in the foreign mar et, •
The cocoons are sometimes exposed to the
hot sun, and by this means, the chrysalis isi
destroyed, • and -they can ' thus - be kept 'Jr'o
' any length of time, .and the silk reel •off
Whenever-convenient: l ' -I, 4 ittge- , Ananti • .9 tel .
th'e ',coons thug prepared-, as 'wel as the
raw . silk, are exposed annually to / uppl2i the
silk rotuinfactories of • France. ?English and,
, French capitalists have also established quite
a twin ber td large 'man ufactories in, Syria,
and produce -a large. amount of silk every.
year. . .
_ . .
I have thus endeavored_to_explain, to you
in simple,,languageqhe ^into esting processes
connected with the culture'of the silk-worm.
The facts I have stated I have - gathered, not
from observation only, butsfrom repeated in
quiries and conversations with the people.
While speaking of the mulberry I should
have stated that it produces not only leaves,
but fruik—a small white berry, about the
size of the common blackberry, which bas a
sweet though rather-insipid taste. There is
a species of -mulberry, however, called the
Yoot Esh Shatny, (the Damascus mulberry,)
which is raised expressly, for fruit. It hearts
a large; dark purple- berry, about the size of ,
the common phim.. It has a very pleasant,,
acid taste, and is held- in high estimation
among the people.. -- - • • ' .' .
3. Your third question, "What do the
people - of Syria use for fuel I"—can be an
swered in few wcrds. In the cities end large
towns, charcoal is used , almokt exclusively.
On the sea-coast and plain, where the climate
•is mild, the mercury rarely, if ever, descends
to the freezing point, and during the greater
part of the year, fire, except for purposes of
cocking, is quite unnecessary. In the cold,
damp days in wider, the
_upper and middle
classes warm their rooms by means of large
capper vessels heaped with burning coals,
the fire being first kindled outaide lo order.
to- allow . the injurious gas to.escipe.'
.1 have
often found a whole family seated around one
of these furnades- or warining'pa4is, placed in
the middle of the room, the doors and often.:
windows remaining open: po Arabs sel
dom shut - their dowa.except,at night; closed
doors being opposed to^ their idea-4 of hospi
tality. The poorer classes, how4ver t seldom
enjoy the, luxury of a warm room in the win
-ter time. Being unable, to ,purchase char.
coal, they pick up loose sticks about the streets
and suburbs of the towns, and by spending a
piaster (a coin of the value of-four cents) now
l and then, they contrive to get enough wood
together, to enable them to prepare one warm
meal a day. , ,.
' Wood is much dearer here than it is . in
America, owing to the entire ,absence.' of for
ests. The plains are. for, the, most part. on
ered witli--gardens, fruit trees,'wheat fields
&c; while the -mountains, except in tbe im
mediate vicinity of villages, presantnrugg.cd;
rocky, barren appearance, with ,only 'here
and , there clumps of alow shrub oak And
terebintli, interspersed -occasionally - with. the
pine and fir. .. . :
The wood which I' bbrn in 'L in winter, is
brought from the mountains con the :back; of
mules and donkeys; a distaricti of from twelve
to eighteen miles. , The mountaineers' cut
their. wood, and lay in their winter ,stoCk
the latter part of suinmer. . : .. ,
This' morning, I saw si,.troop of a dozen or
more, children passing my kouse, each with a
load of wood, which they had, brougton
theirbacksfroui an oak
,grove on the mom :
tain, a, mile-or more above the village. 1
The mountaineers; especially those-inhabi
ting the middle and lower ranges of Lebanon,
have rather a sorry time °fit in,mid winter.
The - snow, often falling to the depth of three
'or four feet, blocks up their toads and,paths;,
and the piercing N. ,E. wind- penetrating
through-every nook and,crevieevitheit: - rude
cahins i thnmiserable• occupants ran do with
lag else,than wrap themselves - in their.cottne
blanketti, ittifltrouch around" tini little pile of
emberain the -middle of , the flocak- Therat•
wayshuild their tirC'on.!,bl).l . fi9tk whiih'be
.
,
log ruade.of earth, and the wt
there is no danger of a conflag
the smoke, rising scitnetim+ in
but.oftener to dense volumes,
thing with a sooty hue, MA
through the apertures near th'
Pie Arabs of tire mountains
few. instances; have no . boaks,
of them know how to Teed! I
baying no inclination to Work,
to do, they often beguile the t
sloW passing hours, by indillgin
, i - erite amusement story-tellit
In closing my letter,
or two specimens If the many
which I have head from time.
'the lips of this story-loving pet:it
Imagine yourself,then; stated
of dusky Arabs smoking then''
the winter eveningtfire.
z
the Khoori and the Hakeen
Priest and the Doctor) 9f the
It, is agreed that4he Khoori o
tainment. He prciposes to g
history of a " IVoliderful Sea
the group reSpond4 " Very goo
please go on." .
- He begins as folfows
The Kiood's Stor
... ~
Yeats ago, when my grandfa
a boy, it happene), one day t
Saleem, While wort ng in his
seried a large snake gliding by
take ofE A Ltd ullah 13eizing his in
ed close after, until the snake e
hole under a rock lard hy. A
ing daunted, dug away beneath
he discovered five young snit
closely 'together, hilt tl*4 old o
opportunity darte4uddeuly on
He toot: the five y nrig Snake
resolved to feed t.t:d tame th‘i
them up as play-fel, ows for his
night, when all Arai still in th
cottage, the old sake stole
,house; crept tlwough a crevice
and supposing that her 'young
destroyed, deterri4ned to, ha ,
She presently espilid a large et
milk, which ihe•k4w (fur she
snake) must be. it)tende& fur
breakfast in the liorning.l. St
infused. a quantity lade-01.Y Po
Milk, resolved that . aa/her chi
'she'd by the handsllorthe plouit
by her meanß, shohld his ad
i
But tol as-the sti t e tuft ed.
descried her y6un peaCefilly
and unharn &I, in !. snug nest
and straw
Ther upon repe l ling: oi th
intended to do, s a returned
mijkand by one ementimis
{
94er upon the flop and then .
'house as noiselessl as she, can
Every night shill stole silent
der the rock, to :Alt her nestli
tne: Whey gro4very fast, a
fat., under Abdullah's lostrir
•few weeks bthinu the tit'
the fitmdy. The Ild snit
turgid to make A: dulluh'
with so very grac' us an r,
did he present hit self, t at•
generally receive into .favor,
the stit4kes ap'd Alidullah'it far
torsili;uf the most cordial frie
interrupted hartinitly. -- ' .:
The -- Khoori htiving firdsl4
grono.exclaims, "Iln truth that
ful snake." Another-Oda,"
a third, "That snjtke had a gr
n il
Then all join i . the request
that he contribu e somethinf
lintistiess fund. ie prtnni ,
the story of " The, Three ,Sr
they responded, "iltiagnifi
Thett,refilling their. pipes,
selves Th easy attitudes,
The liakeem
_ln the reign oil Caliph
merchant, by the; patne
made a:skturney ftorti Bell
On his way, soon. after, pr
his. attention was httractet
seated in a foftyi tree V
gaged in cutting off one
and having nearly sever
point between , that on
and the trunk of the tree
AAA El Kadir, seem
peasant, called out to hi
do you not see that yon
bough directly betWe'e
tree, and that when the
fall with it, and be dash
rocks below'?" To wb
replied, "1 know my bt.
Concern you:" The. I
:" Act your pleasut'e," ar ,
a few npore strokes of
(for that` was his name)
the ground. He was m
not - killed, by the fill ;
eribg himself, cried out,
to 'me, returnto me,"
mg the polpr men's ari
he was much hurt, reti
'Mustapha laying hold up
ed, " 0 my...lord, thou
of Mohammed, tell me
live." Abd El,Kadir rep
et"; I cannot tell thee
live." Mustapha atisw
• thou art a prophetfshot)
I should fall from the tr
!and thou canst
.tell. me.
live." A.bd El-Kadir:
.
tell thee._ 'Mustapha ex
I. will not .let thee,go,ti
The merchant seeing,th
orable, said to
you have, sneezed .. th - r
you will instantly die:
^Abd El Kadir then
and Muitaphts_kotiarti-i
Reachin,g;:his hprne . attil
.tc...eat; hiswife informe
no flour.; Immedlatel
wheat on his mull, he
some three - hours,dia
the door a volume of :•
his face, caused
" Alas, alas, Wo is me l'
• third of my life is bni
,to my wife and children
His wheat. having 1
the bag of flour bastil,
when lot another do
sneezed a second time.
me; two thirds of my
great pyophet, take pi.
go. home before I die."
.;Proiteeding;onAis •
beesnao- imitled•ta.otni
zvi 10'oH-Oci'9,
t H. 14... FRAZIER, POBLIFtHEA---V OE. 4. NO. I.
Nf-"
lls of stone,
ation i ; while
•
ity wreaths,
9nges•everY
ally escapes
; not: •
to li djust. it, hi sneezed . .the thifd'time, and;
imffiediately fell doWn, dead. s • . '• . :.
'•At midnight . a : train - of 'forty Miles laden
With oil; arrived at the spot • wberi.helaY;
and the first mule seeing a dark ohjoiit in' the
path, took fright and auddenlyitarting back,
threw off : his -load, and ,the.leathertF bottles
bursting, the oil was spilled bOOn the grouted:
Some of the . touleteers coming 4 'and finding
a man lying in the road, and greatly enraged
it the loss and delay which he had occasioned
them ; commenced heaping, curses upon him
.and beat Imp without mercy., Poor Musta
pha, rolling in pain, cried 'out,. " Lam i dead,
I am`dead.t • " No," they replied; `-yOti are
not dead ; you , are drunk ; carset. 'OD' you,
and on your father, and on your religion!'
Thus saying, they passed 'on.;.)ea'ping him
Le 'Vs fate'. • Meanwhile, Miistapha's-141e
had found his way hOrne, b - s his owner
did net make his.:appearanee,-the 1i htkirs
hecaine,alarmed and went in ,search. ii . 'tp.
They found him, towards inorning,..appare t
lv dead; and , conveyed hirrr s to histouse,—
Every means was resorted
,to for his restor
atiOn, but without success - 4e}refused ei
ther to cat or drink, and to all their questions
and...importunities, he 'onl:V - replied,, "I ant'
dead, let me alone, lam dead. ' ;At length.
1
one of the persons sfandi g by, more wine
than the rest, said to - him, 'Bot youcan Pali,
aidead man cannot talk; therefore .you are
not dead." This argument at once convinced
Mustapha, and air& -a moment he replied,
'" Thatli indeed true . ; I can . talk, I am nbt
dead." Then rising tip in .his,'. bed and - open-1
leg his eyes, he added, "But I was dead:
tai hereupon they asked him," When you died
where did you go, cb . issenza or gene:warn 4".
(issema is - the place of rest.; gehennain of
punishment.) He replied, "Dora is no such
place as issema Or gehennam. There is noth
ing after ,thisJife, except forty mules litOn
with isil, and twenty muleteers. beating .a
dead man to death." ,
except-in a
nd very few
thd winter,
nd no work
:•diem of the
i:73 their fa7.l
' Ivo you one
curious tiles
o time from
with a group
pipes around
ig them are
(that is, the
Wage.
en the enter
vu thein the
, e," at which
;
Iher was yet.
aat Abdullah
I . .ineyard, de
a-little ills
ttock fOllow
ter a deep
lidu lab, tiotb.
I
ihr. rock until
les wiled up
e ieiztrig ncr
and-escaped.
to •his house;
,in and brig•
children. At
- "ploughman's
oftly into the
in the wall,
• had all been
e rlev - enge.--
rthen bowl of
vas a wise old
the children's
e'ilecordingly
ison into the
then 'had per
h Man, so; tdo, •
fret perish.—,
o depart, she.
sleeping, alive
31 bits of rags
I must bring my letter tO an end. I wish
I could send you some of the beautiful grapes
and figs with which :we are . so hobutifully
supplied by our kind-hearted. neighbors.
Write me how .you are getting alOtig in yOur
studies. Are you getting ready for. college
It is time you began to think of going 00-
lege. I trust you will become prepared bOth
14 mind and heart to do'a great:deal of good
in the world, and if it be God's will, to preach
the gospel, either in your own 'or some for
eign land. . For this.is the most noble and
elevated office which poor unworthy man can
ever fill. . • - m j
_ .
LID CHARITY TAXItA RECEIPT 1-hi S
the U;
• t
perior Court, a few days' since, an action was
tried,.Which Was broUght.against the inlud;i:
tants of a suburban town by a'.wagoner; to
recover dairinges for personal injuries receiv
ed in consequence of a defect 'in One 'of' the
highways of the town.. The defendants plead
ed that they were not responSible, as they'
tsad•usrAi due care ; the plaintiff' moiwer;v3;:
the reapatiSihill
ty by -- prying'n sum c.'f* money ; the deflind . ..
ants replied, that the : tnoney -was not *pod;
Out given by way of charity. -
,The plaintiff's
answer to'tclis was;that when the money Was
paid', the. defendants required-and recefred":it
receipt. When the plaintiff 'sconnsel addres
sed the jury, he.put this point somewhat' in
geniously- before them, saving '" We, read,
gentlemen, that ' Charity suffereth "kug, .and
is kind ;charity ertvieth not ;-,.charity vaind
eth not itself, not puffed up, - doth . not.
have itself unseemly, keeketlf.not. her °WU., is
not easily rfovolzed, thinketh not evil; rejoic
eth not in "iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
teareth all things," aelievqth all things, horieth
all things,. enduseth all fliings.' All- rlinSe
things, gentiemen, . you have • otter' read. of
charity; but, where, gentlemen, Where did
you ever.read,that charity took a receipt V'
The. juVy. gave the' plaintiff "exetripla;ry"
damages.—Boston . T , avelkr.
! •
evil Abe bad,
to tiWbowl or
!Tort turned•ii
tided from the
out from un
'ngs in the cot
d waxed very
,:eare, in a
a 1 pete . .Of all
i son after yen
naintance, and
Ironizing an air
Ihe was at once
I and-thereafter
ily lived upon
dship and un-
SEE
CM
8, one of the
was. a wonder
lk wise snake ;"
,eat mind." •
to the Ilakqem.
from hig ex
(l- to tell them
s." At vthicti
. go on, go on."
disposing them
•Jse to listen 'to
a Story.
RE
Of Here?is one of Rushin's best senti
ments, most beautifully.' and '.truthfully ex
pressed :
" All rivers, small or large, agree In ,one
character, they like to: lean a little one side,
they cannot 'bear to have their bhannels deep
est in the middle, but vial always, if they
can,• have' onp bank to sun themselves' upon,
and another to get cool under; one‘shingly
shore to play over, where m
they ay'be shsl
low and more foolish, and phi - Id-like', another'
steep'under which they can pause, ; aud-ptrity
themselves, and , get their strength of : waves
-hilly together for due occasion.
..
,
Rivers in-this way are just like wise men,
who keep one side of their, life -for, play l and
another (or work, and can' be brilliant, and -
chattering, and tran,spareut when they are at
ease, and4et_takeAcep counsel on the other .
side when they. set. themselves to their main
pitypose- rivers are just in this way divid
, al i:i t :like wicked and good -men:; the good
rivers-have servieesbie deep places• all, along,
their 'hanks, but the wicked rivers go se:cop i
. ing irregularly- under their ',banks, until they
get. full of straggling which no _boat
ean'row over withcipt being twistedVaglainst
the rocks , ; and"pools,laie wells which no One
can get out of but the watarkelpie that. live
sit the bottom ; but Wieked"Or good, the ' KY.;
era all agree in 'having two kinds of
san, a wealthy
bd El °Kadir,
o Damascus:-
'a large khan,
-
i a poor peasaut
I'e road side, en
e large bolighs
he bough at a
he was sitting
of I
ssiol
danger of the
0 my brother s
euiting off that .
urself •and th
Falls, you will
pieces on the
he wood-cutter
-s ; it does not
ant answered,
•sed on. After
axe, Must iplla
precipitated to,
tanned, though
resently recov:
prophet, ' return .
Kadir .hear
supposing that
to-.him, -when
is leet, exclaim
,bet, descendant
loug:1 ha'Ve to
"I am no proph
ng thou ha.t to
Xpa, my lord,
:t trophesx, that
d .1 have fallen,
have to
• red; ",I cannot
•d, prOphet,
ru dint tell me."
man was mex-
Ixnr.rzensiccz.—A , Western editor, lately
offered his hat as a prize for thii "best essay
on Independence. following obtained
the prize : . ,
" National independence is easier onaeued
than deserbled ; personAl - independeke I-con
sists-emphatically in , being situated in a Olean
shirt; -- drawers, socks; and a nicely 'blacked
'pairof•boots, with - at !mit a 4 1 4.1 . 11er 40 -a
half,-and , a clean cambric :.in your 'pocket;; all
on Sunday morning, With Your. wile mil ; one
-arm, and your bibe on the other, takknglyour
own ,course towards your-Own churoktot.att
under the Inini.4try of your own . preacher,, in
the blissful expectation of doing your ~own'
snoozing, in .your own peyi, Wherein no ono
dare venture to nudge you with his nlb4w - , or
tickle your - nos' With a straw."
ed,
did,
e,
how
nsw
LIM
po.
Yo
o s
bill live. till
• ezes, and then
ed his journey,
hie`.v . iili g,e th&t hey ?,--
1 4 for, Solimet.tn g
-!
=
riff Lient 'Maury : Inaintainsft,triae,. the
growing of sunflowers arotind,adwelling • to-
Bated near a fever' nd ague region,'neutriiii
es the miasma in' whitih 'that diseaSe
origin
'nates. He. "says that an - acre of 'sunflOwers•
• will absiirb during their growth many thou
.,
gallons of water ntore than supplied: by,
the rainsi -Tifey - are of Very easy cultivation,
and theeedattneet with a ready sale. l'Tita
theory or science of the practice is this :--The
agoe and fever poison i c s-set free' during'••-tbe
•progreto of vegetable decay, which. pnison, is
absorbed by the rank ;growlog. sunflower,
l t amain elaborated. into 'vegetable .awstter: And,
et) ruts*.edllll-cokl , wectiter. , " l •-, •
d mi entering
dust,- risinginto
; eze violently .
'exclaimed, "One
I . Let me hasten
'ore J. die' •
P~
he
bed
be
!een
"round, he threw
he mule's back,
I!
dust arising, he
Vo is me, wo is
s is gone. .o.thon
gleam(' let me
1 life
;v 0.
4he. bug,of flour
'And in bin effort
ME
IS
,I3Ctisli,E, cam, ND braceilF
BY CEIARLEB .MACIZAT.
What Is a sceptre but a staff, • - . -
Though not so long as mini by - half 7..
And I've-a staff, a friend to me ;..
. I cut it frotn the blckthorn trek;
;No e widd or jewels round It flaunt; : •
'Tis all the sceptre that I want;
So let the king enjoy 'his owe 7
• I doubt-ittosts hiro,many; &groan.
- Mine not
, That I know;
As free from siplendor as from awe
Despise my sceptre if prOarel -
And what's a crown, iPht4,ttsP.7r-,
A cumbrous, .licay mayhap'? =
And I've a csp oreasy 'size; • " •
That shields my - head and shades myeyen;
.1, A fence around my,whole estate; '
Wherein no lurking traitors walk
.• So let the King enjoy - his , CRIWI4
And line it well with fin' and down ;—;„
Sparkling bright f -
In the • "•
'Twill seam hislforebead deep - wfrh
Despise al). bonnet if you 'dare . •
And what's a throne if riotit seat. • ,
Toohigh for love to reach its feet/
And .I've a cbair.at tor-Arida •E
That's made for use; and not:fer pride ;.
' • Around its elbows, wornind - -
;The children shake their lecke of gold;
So .the King enjoy hin'tbkPi -
Unloved, unloving, 4 na- sien ? e.
• . Come to me, -
If you'd see ,
An'essy thrOne=:a - Queeti - most '
Despise my ldrigdom if }roedaret •
Hunting in Africa.
TUZ utssloNswr Ain mitar-LION, •
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It is well known, that if one of etroop of
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howl is killed, the others take the hint, and
leave 'that part of the cotintrY. 40So,Itica - neit• • •
time the herds were ntiaeked, 1 went , !with
the people, in oxder u eficourage them. to rid
themselves of the atineyaates by destroying' •
,one of the marauders. We found the. lion- •
diva small hill about a griever of a mile in
leflith, and covered 'vrith_trecs.* A circle of
men was formed rou'nd it, and they gradual,.
ly _closed up, asceinlintt pretty near to each .
other. Being . down below' on the plain 4,14 s
- st native school-master, named Mebilwe,*tr .
most exellent man, I saw' one of the
sitting on a , piece , of rock, within-:the - now
closed circle of men. Mehilwe fired-at.hini '
'before I could, and the ball strucktheil rock
on which the animal was , sitting, :He bit at,
the spot struck,'as a deg' does at ak stick or
I stone. thrown at him ; thee leaping - :stray,
broke through the opening circle, and. .eseap.
ed unhurt. The' men- were afraid to' attack.
him, - "perhaps on .account* of 'their belief - iii
witchcraft. When the eircle - -wasiefortnek
we saw two other lions in it; hut we -were- •
afraid to fire lest' we should strike the Men;;
and they allowed the beasts to burst through'
alio. It the Balatla had acted acofdind
the custom of the country;they, %you'd bevel s t
speared ,the lions in their attempt 'ti? get out: '
Set s :ing WO could - not get them to kill one -off
the lions, we bent our footiteps to - wards the -
village; in.going round the end.-Of the hill, -
however, I saw•one of the beasts'sitting.on
piece of rock as before,hut this time he had
a little bush in front. !Being about 'thirty .
Yards off; I took a good alai at his body
through the *wish, and fired both barrels iato t
it. The men then called out: "He is shot,
fie is shot." Others cried : ":He has been
shot by another man too ; let us go to him!"
I did not see any one else Shoot at him -• but:
I saw the lion's•tail erectedin anger b ehind;'
the bush, and, 'turning to the people, said t '•
"Stop a little, till load again Whod '•
the act of ramming duirti the bullets,•lbeard
a shoult. Starting ; and looking half round,A,
saw the lionjustin the actlif sprin,gingupou;
I Wasapon a little heinht • tie c a u ght., •
my shbalderf.a.s he sprang, and we both came,
to the 'groliald below, together. Groilieg •
lorribly cloie to my ear. he shook me as , a.
; terrier dog &esti rat,: The Shock pr9dtieed a,
'stupor similar to that which See&s to be felt. •
bybye mouse after 'the first shake of the' cat., •
It mused a „loft of dreamineiKirrwhiclithere
was no sense .of pain, nor feeVir4, of terrer,
though Anita conscious of all that watt.haVe,
penirg." It. waslike what patients -partially,. -‘
under the, influence of chloroform.deseribe---.
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Who seevll - the operation, but not 'the ,
knife, sin gular condition was not' - the !,
result - of any menfkl process. The altakean; , '
nihilated,fear, and allowed no, sense of hor
ror in looking round at the. beast. This. pe,'
culiar state is probably produced in all ann-..
mals killed by the carnivore; and if sti, is e
nerciful provision by our benevolent. Crea
tor for lesiening the pain of death. Turning
round to relieve myself of the weight;''is
had one paw on the back of my head, I sad
his eyes - directed to Mabaliie,who was .try- -
ing to shoot . him at a distance, of ten or fift
teen yard 4. llis - gun, it flint orie,.roissed fire_
in both. barrel; the 'Wit immediately left
Me,. and, atta ck liebalwe, bit hiethigti.
Another - man,. whose life - I had kaved 'before;
after he had been tossed - by a ,buffalo,
tempted to spear the lion while he-_waisliit-
Ile left 'Mabalwe . and caught
this man by the shoulder, but at' that- tno"
bultetS be had received took effect,
and he fell downdead. The whide was the
wairk`of but afew moments, and must have
been his paroxysms of klying rage,< , In carder
to take out the, charm ifrom. hint, .the Bakatla
on the following.daY Made. a huge bonfire -
over the carcase, which Was .declared-to. be
thatid the lit gest - tien 'they had 'ever seed. 1
Besides crunching the bone into splinters,' - he .
left eleven' teeth weunds on the :kipper. pprz
Qf my gm. •
A2woundirotrithis,aiiimal's tooth .sesiirn-,
'files a gun-shot wotand '; it is generally follow'.
- ed by a great deal of sloughing arid 'a iseharge, •
hod Tains are felt in she ' part periodically eV
er afte - rward. Is liad.:on- a • tartan : jacket
the.,eticasion„ and, I believe that it. wiped
all the virus. from-tbe teeth that pierced.. thO,
flesh, for my two - ccaMpanions in thia 'affraY,
,have both suffered from the peculiar - pains,
*bile I have-escap'ed.with only the inconven
leo& of 4 false joint in my limb. The. map
Swise shoulder' was. Wounded showed Me
his wound, *bleb :actually bniit firth afresh
on the - seine mctithi of the - rolloing year.--,
:This curious point' eserves 'the' attention of
in'quirers.—LiUingstone.
Speaking. lions-1- 7 1hatSess , an, 1. ea
of the.hard-shiall Tresehei, who way di.seourf
ini of Dapielin "hi) len - °Pions, Said.-ha:
Thera he, sat all night;
,leoking tlw
show. for nothing; didn't-tvf hinva centll7
. W4l late -religiaus paper stigalatiaea .
the Authors ofYell9W , ecrfera 11 0 YelS
"etrarY !itx?r,o o4s l ib ) sting - VirtUe to . tigook
,yrith tbeir .. taleiA, i • -
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