The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

A TALE OF HORROR.
A recent traveller gives the fallowing as on
his
experiences of foreign enjoyments. lie had gene t°
sleep in his Indian tent, and continues—" I might ha
ve.
slept for some four or five hours, and a dreamless and
satisfying sleep it was; but certainly it is—let scions!'
say what they will, and sceptics throw doubts by band;)
fuls on the assertions of metaphysicians—that be'ere,'
awoke, and in my dreamless slumber, I bad a visi bis
perception of danger--a helpless a helpless cognizance of being
bed-feliowed by peril--a consciousness of the horing,
presence of death.
" ow to describe my feelings I know not; but 0
H
we have all read and heard that if the eyes of s
watcher are steadily fixed on the countenance ef
sleeper for a certain length of time, the sltireberer
will be sure to start up, wakened by the tisystereel:
magnetism of a recondite principle of vision ; so v'.s
it, that with shut eyes and drowsed-up senses, an
ward ability was conferred upon me to detect Pt.
living presence of danger near me—to see, theug;
blind, the ferroless shape of a mysterious hort°:
wa
crouching beside me ; and, as if the peril [bap gs
my night mate Was of a nature tti be quido.tioi
activity by any motion on my part, I felt in my
stupor the critical neces ity of lying quite still ; /th
that, when I at last awoke,. and felt that as 110 ``lid,
my face towards the roof there was - thick, heavy, e°_
creeping thing upon my chest, I stirred not, not 9ttelielt.
a word of eanie, Dafiget ttnd iat• they necasionalirle
the senses and paralyse the faculties, but they ggie:
sharpen both ; and ere I could twice wink roYieYeido;
was br. ad awake; and aware that, coiling and e°
itself up into a circle or twisn,, a huge serpent elassct,
my chest. When I tell you that the whole dig briftbse
and even the pit of my stomaoh, were covered Fit it
cold scvly proportions of the reptile, you will own tu'
must have been one of a Considerable site. treeßi
" What my thoughtwere=-so made Up al' delve
eto
dread, and the ekti clatioh, itsslifehEe:
death that must follow fitly nabeetivent oh, Int.rci to
I miter can tell in langua;ge etillicienfly 10' die;
cetvey their full force., It was evident the lop
some creature had at length bettlhti itself, lornst
and I felt that, attracted by b3y
approached the upper part of my throat: ; ft foot
quite still, and its weighty pressur6—its
chillness at first becoming gradually( it se-- bis
so ,„
me) of n burning heat—and the odious indescrtnai
odour Which was exhale,; from its hotly 01 rYOl3q
the whole eVerwhelthed the, thi‘t
fierce struggle that I prevented myself froiii
As it. was a cold sweat burst from every Pere-"Aistasl'
hear the beating of my heart- and I felt, to ittY
that the palsy of terror had begun to agitate
It will wake,' thought and theft all et id re a"
"At that juncture, something—it /night right
lizard, or a large beetle—tell from the eeilire
upon my left arm, which lay stretched beside or:, pa
snake, uncoiling its head, raised it With a len ",!Tereet,,
then, for the first time, I saw the hood, the fefiriu.bri
glittering in the faint sunshine—it Wasi ',eb,io
Capello,
" Shutting my eyes to ckeitide the droadfdlslll::Oed
lay almost fainting, until itaitin ail was quiet. Ofl' 't are
glances met mine, all would have been over ; 132..0 the;
rently it wits once more asleep, and preeeittly I r
the tell;
Lases" moving alyait, undoing the fastenings °,
and striking ft light, A sudden thought stead s; short lf
with an impulse I could then ascribe to nethieetwigl,
desperation though Its eitects were so „(560„
uttereti in n'lotid sepulchral tone, Kulassi(and
" Sahib !' was the instantaneous response, to I is%,
heart beat quicker at the success of my attelnPode
still again, for the invite evidently rousd' 00'
movement, mad ita bead, I suppose, fell on
arm. " Oh, God I the agony of that momeoti,
pressed tremor almost gave way to madness
" I debated With myself whether I should reo-11
,
deavour to attract the attention of the Ittess-,,' tea • jro
perfectly quiet ; whether it would riot be, "to
either to st,irt up at once &Lid ghille..tl !h. hiee','neeil",4Ehl'l;
from me. But the latter suggestion was at
J
Boned by the assurance I felt that it would Pr;eolo,s"
impeded by the heavy coils of the creature, oil,-
nerveless from excitement, I could not esctiee,;-,;064, it
Again, therefore, I spoke, in the hollow bet "0-41‘.„"ile
cents which arise from the throat when the,,a`(lr
afraid to move a muscle—' Kulassi chi nigh I" tbo
a lanthurn.) et/6
" Again the cobra moved, and again,
ready Lascar replied— 'r )filie
66t
6 Late houn Sahib' (I am bringing it. 1; ott
" There was then a sour d of clanking TD" „de le
advancing flashed across the roof of the Mier 004
at the noise of quick coming feet, 10, one a'tieled
horrible coils unwinding, the grisly monster g,e ore
from my body ; and the last sound that sutte snake1‘ iv
of hearing was the Ya hillihi samp,' (OLG.oadr:; tt
of the Lascar, for I fainted away, for tu°
my life."—Chant hers.

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FLOOD IN THE RIVER "j
Since Sunday, the 28th ult., the Clyde 5b0,5,0
fleod, rising gradually from four to eight felt"); and for
ordinary level, until the night between Fr' iglit• 01'
turday last, when the waters reached their befell in the
36 hoers previous to Saturday morning, raianecto!
rents almost without intermission, and the a‘erosia' °ale
river on Friday night gave the great st en, tyiMll.oo
all who reside on its banks, or inhabit the lev'.ht
tricts of the city. The flood reached its 11%cellui
four o'clock on Saturday morning, when the t. stealto
volume of waters was interrupted, though P°„gottPl'oo,
by the advancing tide ; and at this titilete9t-eethi"-ralli
the information furnished by Mr. Geddes, 0"-,ot
Society's house, the Clyde had risen at that rt. elo
12 feet above its ordinary level—containing. 110' the
volume of water than has been known for tee . 5
Flasher's Haugh—the pretty green elVnsber:eirAtle
healthful recreate, and invalids woo the sod b,Y1,44
submerged to the extent of several feet. 0j ,in
morning light boats were seen rowing over it, a the satire
up the meek which had ben drifted fron„:1 crop '`ftell
channel. For several Lours large masses tiro„
elf oes
observed fhating down, and though boats rd., the lobe
and again to seize a multure from the flu°ositY ref/
found it impossible to live, from the in3P.etuthe o,et,e2
torrent, and were glad to reach the land 11,„oden,igoa",
which they left it. Trees, cut timber:, ""ti.0t.t0.4
sheep, barn-yard poultry, and even galnet_totioa the
tinually down, and furnished topics of eh", ci
wonderment to the thousands congrePfre Althc.,i;er
bridges and on the banks of the stroll'.
lc the ivere,
every part of the city is now protected freofort toot
itself, the greatest inconvenience and digt, et the joe
nevertheless, experienced by the inhabitall,l ether_rooll
of Salt-market, Bridgegate, Stt2ckwell, an"tho eowfole)
lying parts, from the waters choking aP, opp 3 °tbd
sewers, and finding access to the cellars satLattrit'lo,tol
citizens. During a considerable part et.
novelty was seen of a pump inserted by a f dischtier et.
into one of the cellars in Jamaica-street, al to seer eel
its c intents over the pavement. Fr°33l_t-es"' sere
affairs on Friday afternoon, men and luft erg% tlis
ployed at any price, and till late at Pir sh9d4 11„eclir.
transporting valuablo goods fforn th list
Broornielaw.' It wax, indeed, form-ate 0. 0P.," oft,
tion was used, otherwise the loss of pre ter fe•
been immense, for during the night the rioich fArg,e,
the sheds, and se rem vetoey artielesatfety,
been impo.,,sible to a place a 5
trine
quaiitities of crop and debris were obst.ll.set`,lt to g
against the sharp piers of the woolen b" alto(' ,i,r(vc-,
was observed that the flood mounted LT pole
at
01'
path-vay, much alarm began to be experienvroliceowili*
the fate of this insecure s'ructure. iPide the l'lrde%
early hour, stopped up the passegP2 Asao Jo of 'I,
ricketty as it is, stood out the storm. the
the height of the river, we may state that
rot fie too
the bridges were submerge,!, and lite °ls A '4°
foaming below on 'a level with the ar(o.l:tien
of crof,
of wood which lay moored below the vt'
the means of interrupting a great cltl' oil
•tot ill%
and timber in theii• downward pas'et--:ep'st
charge must have reaped a good harro.-0000112 hegPer
had never sown, for on Saturday
°°g toffy
be
piles of wheat, barley, and oats, were pre'
on the raft, which only required dePtt",:t ev'nl
warded to the mill. We may state landidiig 141'0,
caution was taken by the city pollee «,f an titetio
sengers from the river steamers, by lner woe to $t
suhstantial line of planking Plaee("sfactioah,is beet,
and the quay ; and it is scatter of sa''...,ao hie 1.-tere,'),
that, so far as we have learned no hull'ainfolly
lost. In the course of the morning,a,Pa dog-13°1i 14 tito
ing sight was observed in the shut e r
ttaehed t°
ea
the dead body of the usual occupant a.. pet bad
_ree
chain—the our animal having literallY]terr, bact:ti frtf
post. In the course of yesterday the "be crues!o,o {o'
subsided. The fury of the torceenbtentenatYhsewbealintitio:.be
fq;
the ponderous roots which have
the higher districts and thrown upo,ll cd (rota `4 in
In reference to the damage mist, The flotAio,tic_.,
the Post of Saturday evening
progress swept many of the fisealg ...„._frbrirtn()
of the country. A correspondent attF4.7oterno,,,
banks of Clyde, in a note received° 1,1,1030 potig7ttitit
that Joseph Gelding, baron officer tn,-1,-",o. to r,
in the uPert,uoll tP.sr
lost his whole crop of oats, amou t 3""
covema I'3' or
stooks, and that all the potatoes arecraigothatVd abeiri
near Clyde. Mr. James Wiiki t 'ht,
.a
rick of wheat carried off during I,trt.re-tfi,,*(K)
eighty stooks floatine. This morn down
thvAog
dowub dont ace,
of grain in sheaf found its IN .7 red y cons 00
bridge, which it somevvhat endangeea__. 001 a ,i.kes
part of the stream. We likewise_ 104.01, awl"
t beet:
able quantity of grain was carried it t
/.10.
the bank of the Black Cart."
The Stirling Observer Sa VS IlVitestirs-2103141iagoi
such a heavy spate in the Forthffl. nor of
we have experienced this week. On
_sea the
at low water, the Highland flood
‘torer'enuight ibe`titett)it,
the river by eight feet, and ) t
1;:n., Teich, it! nreAti
deeper, though nut measurzd. it
self over some fields of turniPs having
been
and Blackdub, has overtiow, d itsnbdaootki::::raePsvo' ilvdtiont'is
have heard of little other damage 0
—Glasgow Herald c 1 .oung
9. 3 et ,5
for joto a. toe
named AN
Porter,U Nc o NIN,FIO:
ortrTe.A:deLst,"wri t
lialistiti;tlorsricico_gofegetrht 1,,
pill
dale, was out the other day id n
moano rahlAro widePosi
hunting rabbits. The dog havinga,eeffort ttrie bole: oil
amongst some stokes, Porter Ina:.
anit
stonelso
iat ve 4013
place, and had thrust his hand a
binr 1111- eStiliael
just got hold of a rabbit, whenicit,heic
oclrobseodd3h,Lmoniinyshoisfaisctgtshwaterhee
ucFaoter
f' eg buciition, bu
nary position he was discover..e( 2
v__,tched cenis, re' di'
hours. He was taken home in a ro, grid, .ich,3
retaining his con2eiongie-s. Itheugli mardra* met-bourhood turned out to find .„. , itt
His discovery was quite accidental,
to
0,1-nab Jot
All it ep, it 01• of the e, 00,
oiice-court whicii appeared in,,,(!nn Lies tine`
01!
of :rest+ rday, the name of Mr. ilte we arc i,ctivil
• _ ot
;e seibber, ii.steati of the )rubbed.
tiny aria 0,14
aistake. FOrtlitlately 3lr. M. en.
unlucky report
_4l.
iur contemporarea will not lose..at:i,:o kcooontre,lollo,
araeter stand. too ancastor v 'lo§f
nave done him any mischic • _ _Loam FO
I. igl.l,ffbrAtihtiswho
reto t._ll,!a beta cv
have been aware that some grievoaa
atittOd.

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