The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-11 00:00:00

I PRICE §IXPE.NCEo

ON THE MOOR Or
'RAVELLING OVERLAND TO INDIA.
tHibm TAyttik's INDIA GUIDE.)

ts4's Mistakei to which an inexperienced travel:
ii liable; proceed, in general, niure from his own:
vanity than any other cause.
Taught tQ look on his ovirn Country as superiot
in every thing; he regardi With conteMpt the meni
manners, arid prodigious of every other. Respeft
joined to a small degree of conipiacency tow sale
the inhibitants, of any country, will in general pro.
cure a stranger civility and safe condatt. What
ever the opinion of the traveller may be of Thbas
or clasies of men not tiltOgether polished, it is
equally the .height of folly to attempt to aggran.
die hirnelf by. oStettiatiotis means, as it is to area
to despise them, becausei'per. hays, their appearanet
and information may not be quite as good as his

own.
Let the intelligent traveller accommodate
hii
manners to their rude minds, and he will find that
human nature, in the midst of the deserts of Arabia,
of in the burning climes of Hindoostan, is perhaps
more tinaured *ith the milk, of human kindness
than the higher circlei of civilized life. Unaffeded
simplicity is Still their tharader, uncontaminated
by the vices of cities, ar by that corruption which
time and .circumstances engender in all regular G.

vernMents whatever.
On a general review of this suhj#,4, drawn from
the impression, which the various vicissitudes of thes,
'journey-made on 'my mind, as well as from the ge.,
nius and chat-after of the Arabs, I -would observe,
whichever'route or mode of travelling may be pre
felted in crossing the Desert, that attention be paid,
generallt, in the ob3ervance of the following general

maxtrns:
In the first place, never to display ostentatious
finery, at'd by that means to excite the crime of
avarice in the mind .of an Arab.
_ 2,tiy, To observe an equality of temper, even to
the lowest Arab Of your caravan ; to forgive his
ridiculous curiosity, which, it must be.allowed,- he
does not gratify in the most becoming manner;
smile at the wonder and surprise whiei he testifie4.,
ami appear as much as rssibie on an equal tooling.
idly, In cases of petty thefts, or of being insult.
ed, which last is seldom the case, never to chastise
the ,firender yourself; but ciolly to represent the
matter to the Sheick-, who will do ample justice,
and with more strictness than 'perhaps you would

require.
chly, Never to mix with strangers, quit your
encampment, or wander into the villages or buts of
other Arabs, without a proper guard ; those -who.
are bound to proted you will most assuredly do it ;
but you.must by no mans took for civil treatment
without the precintls of your own tribe..
stilly, In every matter relative to situation on
the Desert be entirely guided by the Sheiek in
short, appear to have no will of your own, but be•
entirely under his diredion. The more confidence
you appear to place in an Arab the better he is
pleased, the more he will find his honour interested,
and consequently his inclination will be stimulated
*to afford the traveller his prote644.
6:hly, Put on the dress of the Natives as soon as
possible after your landing in a Mahomedan country,
pr even before, if you can procure it : and the dress
I would advise to be correspondent to the manner
in which you propose to travel, but never to be be-
yond that of the middling ranks of life.
- Although it is scarcely possible,to disguise yourself
from the knowledge of a Turk or Arab, even with the
help of whiskers and observing a stria silence, yet
it evinces a respect for the people, and a wish to be
considered on a friendly footing. The inhabitants
feel themselves not a little gratified at this mark
of attention, and will frequently confer a favour on
that account, when they would refuse common civi-
lity to any person in the dress of an European : upon
the whole, it is a faCt to be depended on, that the
Arabians of the Desert pay more resped and men-
.tiori io a Christian than they do to a Turk, for
whom they entertain a rooted aversion.
Having gone through all the instructions which
are to be generally observed, it is necessary to men-
tion some particulars of the Route by Vienna and
Constantinople through Asia Minor, and by the
Little Desert and Mesopotamia
.to Bussora.
The term Little Desert is used in contradistine.
tion to the Route by the Great Desert, which ex.
tends all• the way from Aleppo to Bussora, whereas
the Little Desert is only that portion of the Great
• Desert which extends from Aleppo to Hilla on the
Euphrates ; from hence the road lies across the
Mesopotamia, a fruitful country, to Bagdad un the
Tygris, where small boats are procured to convey
'the traveller by that river to Bussora.
There are two Routes, by which the journey tar.,
the Little Desert can be accomplished ; the only cida
terence is the place of embarkation, whether higher
up or lower down on -the before-mentioned rivers.
Ist Route—From Aleppo by Bit, Orta, and Diatdk
bekir. At the last place you embark on the Tygris., ,
• and pass Mosul and. Bagdad on y.,ur way to Bus.
sora. The distance by- land from Aleppo to Din.
, bekir is' 1,80 computed miles, and by the river truus
that place 660 more.
2(1 Route—From Aleppo to Anna or Huila opt
the Euphrates, where you may embark on that river
for Bussora, or otherwise, cross Mesopotamia on
your way to Bagdad, there to enabaik on the Ty-
gris in a boat for the same place ; the distance fruin
1--lilla to Bagdad is go miles. The distance by land
from Aleppo to Bagdad is 390 computed miles, and
' Bussora is distant front Hillis by the Euphrates 415
miles ; but from Bagdad by the Tygris only 250.
3d Route—By the way of Vienna, Constantino.
' ple, Asia Minor, and Mesopotatnia, to 13usbota.
' This Route has been very strongly recommended