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THE SLAVE MARKET.
The profane eye of the Frank is not held worthy (-f a
sight of the saered place ; but the Bakschich unprof, les
us, and whilst the negotiation still p'nds, a Jew advanees,
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 `'or
shawls, still for tobacco ; strictly faithful to the offici .us,
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 w ith
curiosity and expectation, a paradise of houris. The
place itself is-not very inviting, an irregular space 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 mire me,
dark, low chambers, which have a door and grated e in-
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 contemp!ate
them. Oh horror ! dreadful revolting sight ! Semi:ion
your whole faculty of imagination ! Picture to you! self
Ni misters; and you still fail to conceive such objects as yon
negresses, from whom your outraged eye recoils with
loathing. But the Georgians, the Circassians ; the kee-
nest woman in the world—where they are? Not there.
No; dearest brother, the white slaves are kept separate
in Tophana; thence they are conducted to the harem fur
inspection, and only by greatest favour, and under e pe-
cial escort, can you be admitted to a view of them. Here
are only blacks, and with the monstrous spectacle you
must fain content yourself. There they sit. A coarse gray
garment envelopes the figure, coloured glass rings eecir-
cle the wrists, coloured glass beads the neck; the hair is
cut short. You are struck first with the depressed fore-
head squeezed over the eyebrows, as in the Cretians;
then with the large, rolling, inexpressive eye; then, with
the nose, innocent of a bridge, a great misshapen mass;
then, with the mouth, and the frightful animal formation
of projecting jawbone, and gaping, black lips (red lips on
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 :.pine
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, women-buyers
make their remarks upon them. They aro indifferent
to all. They are measured in their length and breadth,
like a bale of goods ' • scanned, tried in their hands, hips,
feet, teeth, like a horse ; they submit to everything
without dislike, without anger, without sorrow. It is
much that the exhibition proceeds with decency, that is
at o a s
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garments, -called d
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to the calf of the I( g. Now they are selected, bit for,
cheapened ; do buyer and seller agree, the slave departs
with her master and mistress ; do they not, she seat.; her-
self again upon the mat, unconcerned about her fate,
Say, brother, how do you like it ? I honestly confese
that, in the vt hole proceeding. nothing so shocked me :lathe.
creatures' hideousness ; and that the majestic king vul
ture ;3t Schonbrunn inspired me with more compasioi
fur his captivity than I feel for the slavery of these m,
fellow-mortals I ask myself internally, "Is it p -sails'
that a Sappho, an Aspasia, a Mary Stuart, and otht
miracles of mind and beauty, can be made of the sart
sex as these ?" And, with- great coefidence, I ;maw(
" No." For a woman without intelligence is no longs
a woman, but, alas 1 I have no more appropriate wot
—a mute, and this contains too much of tenth-rue aat
caressing for my meaning ; she becomes simply to
fesnelle. • Place in your mind such a negress by tl e sit'
of an Aspasia, and you may perceive, as inteesely as.
is possible for you to perceive it, how far asunder lie 0
human families , how wide the gulf which separates tw
such beings. We are all of du- t, and to dust e e she
return ; but, for the few years which I have to live,
11111 truly grateful to my Creator that it has pleased Hi
to vouchsa"e me a dusty ieteeument that is et lea:
white !—Letters from the Orient.

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ARTIFICIAL STONE.—At Augsburgh, an ardtitec
Herr Alois Steiermann, has invented an artificial stoi,
which, for solidity, is said to surpass the best free-st,ne,
one-third its cost, and to which any form can be given i
the manufacture. It is composed of river-sand, clay, and
cement whose composition is the author's secret... It li
been 'submitted-1n the proof of air, pressure, and fire, ai
resists them all. The King of Bavaia has given his
medal of civil merit to Herr Steiermann, fo this us,fal
vention.