The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-16 00:00:00

THE JAGGERY POT.

" May it please the Sahibs," said the Jaggery man,
sidling up towards the revellers, " may it please their
Lordships to grant the Ithinblest of their slaves, a mo-
ment's audience?"

" Ilo! ho!" cried one of the matchlock-men, in a tone
()f derision, " who, in the Prophet's name, have we got
here?"

" 'Tis a Ghoul of the desert," said another, " willing
to partake of our festivity, or Eblees himself, come to act
as master of the revels."

" Alas ! Sahib," said the stranger, " I know not the
persons you mention, and who are, doubtless, your Lord-
ships' particular friends and acquaintances."
." So they are,, forester," said Hafix Bahauder, laugh-
ing. " There the infidel had the true believer on the hip,
and merits a cup of Sendi for his waggery."
May it please the Burra Sahib," said the woodman,
." wine is forbidden -to the poor Hindoo ; but nature has
given . him instead a draught more pure than Poubun
water, which Kartikeia * himself often sips when arm-
ing for the crash of battle."
" By the honour of my five wives !" exclaimed Hafiz
Buhauder, " I should like to taste that boasted beverage
of thine, though, in general, I am not in the habit of
mixing my liquor."
" Your wishes shall he gratified, Sahib," said the
stranger, " and for that purpose have I ventured to in-
trude on your Lordships. I'm all humble dweller of the
forest, and it has seldom fallen to my lot to listen to
such minstrelsy as I have this morning heard in this
solitary place, compared 'to which the flute of Crishna
himself is rude and discordant."

" Ab.shailah ! praise to the prophet !" exclaimed one
of the Affghans, " the savage really seems to have an
ear for music."

It was delightful," cried the forester, with enthusi-
asm, " and, in gratitude for the treat, I humbly beg your
Lordships' acceptance of the only recompense in my
power—the contents of my Jaggtry Pot, fresh and de-
licious from the tree."

" Beshrew your hospitality," said another of the
Affghans, " I like it not : neither can I brook with any
patience the squinting of your single eye, which throws
a damp upon my spirits as a cloud overshadows the sun.
So, prithee, abscond, and leave us to enjoy our meal in
peace."
" Nay, nay," cried Bahauder Hafiz, interposing his
voice potential, "you wrong him, Ali Khan, you wrong
the hapless infidel, and belie your own manhood by
dreading the influence of his evil eye.—What, though he
may be wicked himself, the proverb cannot touch his
Jaggery Pot, which I dare swear contains some right
delectable tipple." •
" Meddle not with it," exclaimed several voices at
once. " Touch it not, flafiz but send the cooly back to
his wilderness, lest his wicked eye should lead us into
peril and rnisadventure."

I .
" NOW by that ancient sage," cried Hafiz, piqued into
obstinacy, "By that ancient sage who first expressed the
nectar juice from the ruby grape, and showed us a short
cut to happiness, I'll taste the beverage of this woodman,
undaunted by his evil eye. He comes so like those
jovial souls who hang their wine-kegs round their necks
in laughter-loving Kaferisthaumf that, may I go an in-
fidel out or the world, but I'll hug his Jaggery Pot, even
though he were the Ghoulee Beettbau,t or guardian
demon, of this infernal wilderness."

Then filling a crystal cup with the sparkling beverage,
he drained it to the dregs, and swore, by his fathQr's soul,
that the wine ordained to kiss the lips of the faithful in
paradise was nothing to be compared to the celestial
liquor he had just quaffed.—From " Savindroog," in the
Metropolitan Magazine.
4" God of War.

In Kaferisthaun the use of wine is so prevalent that every
Kafer has a hhig, or leathern bottle of wine about his neck :
th-v drink wine instead of rater.—Memoirs of Bober.
f The Affghans believe each of the numerous solitudes and
deserts of their country to be inhabited by a lonely demon,
whom they call the " Ghoulee Beeabau," or spirit of the waste.
—Elphina•tone's Caubul.

CURIOUS CASE.—On the morning of the 9th inst.,
at five o'clock, about two miles from Kilkenny, on the Water-
ford road, a man of the name of Stephen Nash, by trade a
baker, was arrested by Constable Kelly. It appears he had been
transported twice for felony from the city of Waterford. He
was first transported in the year 1833 for stealing a watch.
Alter remaining four years in Sydney, he availed himself of a
favourable opportunity, and swam to a vessel bound for Lon-
don. Pursuit was made, but so soon as he discovered his
pursuers he swam to a rock, where he remained until after
they hsd made their search for him in vain ; he then re-
turned to the vessel, and so escaped. Strange to say, he re-
turned to Waterford, where he again committed another act
of felony, and was again sentenced to the same punishment.
But, stranger still, he found means to escape nearly in the
same manner as before, wh'•n he was only about four months
beyond the seas. He has been about Waterford since October,
1839. Ile came lately to the neighbourhood of Kilkenny,
and Sergeant Kelly, who got private information about his
movements, was on the look-out for him, and made good his
capture as we have noti,s.ed before, when Nash was in the act
of flying to another part of the country. He at first denied
that he was the object of Kelly's pursuit, and called himself
James Power ; but afterwards made a full and true confession.
—Kilkenny Journal.

EXTRAORDINARY CLAINI.—A fruitful subject for
conversation has been furnished the gossips of Truro and the
lower part of the county of Cornwall, by the publication of a
claim to "the whole of the Ends of the ancieat Curio Colyn
Carewen Earl of Cornwall de Bodrugon Lord Fanhope, Duke
of Exeter." The lady by whom this extensive claim is thus
publicly set up, signs herself " Ann Pewees Fletcher Nee
Gully and Coryn ;" dates her residence, "39, Brewer-street,
itegent's-circus, London," and describes herself as Leing
only daughter and executrix and administratril, and residu-
ary legatee to the will of the late William Slade Gully, Esq."
—Cornish Paper.
Arrangements are now making in the garrison at
("Lai ham, for a grand review and ;haat fight, to commemorate
anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, on the 18th instant
(next Saturday).