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THE SLAVE MARKET.

The p of sue eye of the Frank is not held worthy of a
sight of the sacred place ; but the Bakachich unprofanes
us, and whilst the negotiation still ptnds, a Jew advances,
and places his hand upon his forehead with a peculiar
movement, and seems to say, " I lay my forehead humbly
in the dust of your feet ; and then he offers his services
in his case ; if not for slaves, then for shawls, if not for
shawls, still for tobacco ; strictly faithful to the ollicious,
trafficing spirit of his nation. Franks, however, may not
purchase slaves ; it is a privilege that belongs to the
Turks exclusively. Now we enter eagerly, filled with
i
curiosity and expectation. a paradise of houris. The
plac' t elf is not very inviting, an irregular since sur-
rounded by damp galleries. In these galleries sit the
salesmen with coffee and chibouque, the overseers, the
purchasers, and the simply curious ; and in the narrow,
(lark, low chambers, which have a door and grated win •
dow opening to the galleries, are kept the noble
wares. One group is placed in the middle of the
court for inspection, or rather, seated, for they are
squatted upon mats as usual. Let us contemplate
them. Oh horror ! dreadful revolting sight ! Summon
your whole faculty of imagination ! Pieture to yourself
m tasters; and you still fail to conceive such objects as yon
ogresses, from whom your outraged eye recoils with
loi,t;:ing. But the Georgians, the Cireasidans_- the love-
liest wurnan in the world —where they are? Not there.
No; deariast brother, the white slaves are kept separate
in Tophana; thence they are conducted to the harem for
Loon ‘alte•owtisosfpteheetmac.lellyearte
inspection, and only by greatest favour, and under espe-
Titttheedre they sit. A coarse
espe-
cial eesnelnyr tb, cania(. k
;y, o uaen,bidres
taw4dift:tlh)
must fain content 3' gray
great misshapen
in the Cretans;
ret
mtaansss:
t}7en, garment envelopes the figure, coloured glass rings encir-
cle the wrists. coloured glass heads the neck; the hair is
cut short. You are struck first with the depressed fore-
head ,qucezed over the eyehro ag• s
then with the large. rolling, inexpressive eye; then, with
ot
II ifieen. withno se
projecting
h
t innocentiejawbone,
‘m‘ .bo ouontfeh :
a abridge, i ttn
g, ea
black lips (red lips on
and the frightful animal formation
the Moor is an European fancy which reality does not
sanction); then, with the long figured, apelike hands,
and hideous colourless nails; then with the meagre spin-
dle-shanks and projecting heel; then the most of all with
the incredible animalism of the whole thing, form an ex-
pression combined. The colour varies. Here it is bright
black, there somewhat brown ; and here, again, greyish.
They give out no sign of life ; they stare at us with the
same unconscious gaze that they fix upon each other. A
purchaser approaches. examines them, wotnen•buyers
wake their remarks upon them. They are indifferent
to all. They are measured in their h ngth and breadth,
lilt, a bale of goods ; scanned, tried in their hands, hips,
feet, teeth, like a horse ; they submit to everything
without. anger, without sorrow. It is
with decency, that ' zithouitl:llti
'tiliikee;xhibitton proceeds is
I"—,h• t the so-called decency ; the creatures do not lay
t",5,--',, '-eir garments, which reach from the neck clown
as," #' o'' of the I. g. Now they are selected, bid for,
• do buyer and seller agree, the slave departs
cheapened g ,_ r and mistress ;do they not, she seats he:-
the mat, unconcerned about her fate.
self agars nra.hr.. do you like it ? I honestly confess
Say, brother, ' ~!eediti,,, nothings° shocked me as the
that, in the whole -pct. ,
mewith more compassian
,c% . and that the majestic king vul-
the slavery of these my
ectvio•iatiabb et
her
CI
s isdve ou. s ma., . .
red
as meaelf lOternally, "Is it possible
fur his captivity than I 4atel . for .
t schonbrunn fist,
tore .!
,f Mary Stuart,and ether
mirac:tes of mind cud beauty. L. 1.11 ho , mati, of the same
sex as thesi: ?" And, with great co..lfiueace, I answer
ttriltit(it 7rimaerrptahlosi al! Aspa,sia, ~ _
“ No." For a woman without intelhje.:ce is no longer
0. womaea but, alas t I have no more appa'opriate word
—a mate, and this contains too much of tenaaraess and
earessing for my meaning ; she becomes siksply use
feniclk. - Place in your mind such a negress by tie side
of an Aspasia, and )-ou may perceive, as intensely as it
is possible for you to perceive it, how far asureler lie the
human families , how wide the gulf which separates two
such beings. We are all of dust, and to dust we shall
return ; but, for the few years which I have to live, I
stn truly grateful to my Creator that it has pleased him
to vouchsare me a dusty inteaument that is at least
White I. Lette-s from the Orient..

ARTIrICIAL StoNE.----At Angsburgh, an architc( t,
lierr Alois Steiermann, has invented an artificial stone,
which, for solidity, is said to surpass the best free-stone, is
one-third its cost, and to .which any form can be given in
itrid fire, and
the manufacture. It is composed of river-sand, clay, and a
cement whose composition is the anthor's Octet,' It has
been submittal to the proof of Sir, pressure,
resists them all. -
.The King of :Bavaria has
given his gold
medal of civil fner4 to 4err steiermann, .I.tr this nstp.fl ill
vention.