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he recollected that these countries draw an
immense quantity of colonial produce, aud
manufactured goods from Great Britain,
which quantity must however decrease from
year to year in proportion 10 the general I'M
poverishment said countries. and must IN a
few years cease entirely. For is 1t at all
possible that Prussia can continue 10 draw
colonials, salt, porter, &c. &c. against pay
men, of Gold and Silver only, whilst the
produce of her soil remains excluded. Prus-
sia must sink back into her primeval stale
and Great Britain must also IN some meas
ure feel the effects of such change.
E. w. GRADE.
Danzig, 18th April, 1897.
The Quarterly Review for June, 1921,
contains an interesting article on a new
publication entitied-"A Narrativs Of
TRACES in Northern Il frica, in the gears
1918, i9, and 90; accompanied by Geo.
graphical Notices Of Soudan, and the
Course of the Niger, &C. By Captain G.
F. Lyon, r. N companion Of the late Mr.
Ritchie;"--and on a second work by John
Dudley, the object Of which is to shew
the identity of the rivers Niger and Nile.
Capt Lyon volunteered his services to
accompany Mr.. Richie, who was about
proceeding on mission from Tripoli to
the interior of Africa. On assembling at
Tripoli, in November, 1918, they found
Mukni, the Bey Of Fezzan, about to pro-
coed to- MourZouk. the capital of that
country, which is considered as province
of Tripoli, under whose protection they
were to travel. But as some delay was
likely to occur in the preparations of
Mukni, Mr. Richie concluded to make
an excursion to Benioleed, by way of the
Cha ria n ountains, to habituate the par
ty to the mode of travelling and manners
of the Arabs, as we'll as to gain some
knowledge of the interior of the Tripoli-
tan dominions. These people live under
ground, and the following is the account
Of their subterranean hahitations.
On reaching the sammits of these
mountains, through narrow, rugged, and
intricate passes, table land opened upon
the travellers, apparently in high state
Of cultivation; extensive fields of corn &
saffron, mingled with olive, apple, and
almond trees, formed a lively contrast
with the arid deserts on all sides beneath:
but no human dwelling was visible, all the
inhabitants lying beneath the surface
A hole Of about twelve yards square is
dug in the limestone rock to the depth of
twenty five or thirty feet. At the bottom
Of this, excavations are made into the
perpendicular faces of the rock according
to the number and size of the families
they are to lodge The only access to
this area is through sloping passage, the
entrance of which is at the distance of 90
or 100 feet. 1t is rudely arched with
stone, and secured bya ponderous door.
Through this their cattle are driven. and
securely shut UP within the square during
the night.
A few years ago the present Bashaw
of Tr'poll made war upon these noun
tainccrs. For some time they defended
their passes with great bravery and de-
stroyed numbers of the Tripoline army.
they were at length forced back on their
subterranean abodes when the Bashaw,s
people collected heaps of straw. set them
on fire, threw them blazing intothe areas,
suffocated the inhabitants, men women.
and children, and returned in triumnb
to Tripoli. with twelve camel loads of
heads!! Notwithstanding this, the Bash
aw, we are told, is considered as mighty
good sort of man for Turk, and much
less blood-thirsty than his brother des-
pots of 1unis and Algiers: and. in fact.
though in his younger days he openly re.
belled against his father, and murdered
his elder brother in presence of his moth
er, as related in the interesting letters of
Mrs. Tully, he is unquestionably the
most liberal Of all sovereigns who have
welded the blood stained sceptre cf
Tripoli."
A. Benio'eed, Capt. Lyon was introdu-
ced to the wife of Shiek- Barood, the chief
manager of Muknis affairs. He had heard
she was the most beautiful creature ever
seen, and so fat that she could scarcely
walk. This last is esteemed the verv
highest point of female perfection in AT.
RIGA. A description of this paragon of
beauty is given-which we omit. Cant
Lyon was very graciously received, and
invited to sit close to her, when one of the
first questions she asked was whether the
ladies Of his country were Us fat aud ss