Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-05
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LIGHT READING.


,,Ie aring Mamelukes, came to the vast tenn
y If Carnac in the Egyptian desert, by
= common impulse they grounded their
Zinc arms, and staying the pursuit of blood,
,,a1 with awe.struck reverence on the sub
~ tranquility of the Memuonium. So
,rorf,l. even on common minds, is the eff
,,of material immensely So petty do hui
an Affairs appear 10 these vast and ancient
5,ics. enanted as it were by the spirits Of
=, ares, ond standing a, colossal witnesses,
aa;oq with sorrow and scorn how vain the
are, Of human kind, how trihing the causes,
rbieb lead to the slaughter of millions.
Among the Drases, a sect of Christians in
yr, the women wear horn projecting
nm their loreheais called taHioo@, twenty
oebes long. tinselIed over with gold or sill
{pr leaf. 4 young married woman, near
|niy.sL r ,napaaH, wore one of solid silver.
b. being asked to sell another in her posses
ian or solid brass, she declared that she would
homer sell her head than her horn. This is
DloubledIy very ancient custom, and Illus
ates the scriptural expression in the Psalms
"Thne horn hast thou exalted"
The Chameleon of all irrascible little
|nim,ls none are so choleric as the chameleon.
sIbey can be trained to fight, and combat
insured at any time by knocking the tail OF
ae against another; during which their
ange of color tine fleeting chameleon's hue)
most conspicuous This change is only
Affected By paroxySmS Of rage when the dark
ren gall OF the animal is transmitted into the
lOod and so becomes visible under the pelu-
lid skin. The gall as it enters and leaves the
Circulation, affords the three various shades OF
green which are observable il its cOlOrs. -
The story of its assuming whatever color is
pear it, is, like its living upon air. fable. -
is extremely voraciOuS; one has been seen
! N the course of ten minutes 10 devour haif-a-
&loyen A,aS Ire ,~>-l--@>f --.-s'->1
tngnla ~, tongue is thin cartlaglmous
Hart anchor shaped this Is thrust iorth WIN
great velocity, and never fails to secure It's
/ prey,
The Red Sea.-Mr. Madden, late trav-
eller in Syria and Egypt, says,-"one OF
lmy 6rstObjects al Suez was to ascertain II
{the sea was iordable opposite the town at ebo
i ide-all, whom asked, assured me OF the
eocuarv. Inquired for an Indian sailor, who
wished to earn dollar by crossing the
d gull. Atcight ir the evening man came 10
B me, and offered to make the attempt. dl-
s rected him to walk straight cross as tar rs II
| was possible to do so, and to hold his hands
& over his heal as he walked along He was IN
\ ihe water forthwith, he proceeded slowly and
steadily, his hands above his head, and IN
nine minutes he was on the other side OF the
Red Sea On his return, he told me, what
knew TO be fact, that he had walked every
step acrOss-the deepest part being about th'
middle of the gulf, where the water was up L
MS chin. | proceeded now to follow m
course, and gave him another dollar to eros
over before me, and as was nearly eight IN
esiallcr than my guide, where his chin wa
n the water my long beard was quite dry
The tide was now coming in fast, and by tn
sine we reached the middle of the sea, m.
.naan thought it imprudent to proceed lul
TIER as was not an expert swimmer. ia
"eremained ten minutes longer, we shout
inevitably have shred Phara his fate; for tn
opposite bank was perceptibly diminishlns
and al ten O'Clock the sea, which two hour
before was hardly more than the breadth
the Thames at London Bridge, was from tw
10 three miles broad-the difference betwee
The ebb and flow ascertained to- be 81
ieettwo inches" Mr.. Madden goes on
loay that he considers himself the only r.
ropean " no had walked across in which
Is mistaken. Napoleon and some French
heers crossed the Red Sea higher, and vel
narrowly escaped drowning on their RETURN
LOeuSis.-A French traveller tells us, III
Inc Arabs Of Upper Egypt and the Red ;
make sort OF bread OF locusts; they d
hem and grind them to powder, then m
The powder with water, and make small rou
cakes, which serve for bread when that nee
>ary article is scarce. So that the account
IT. John eating locusts In the wilderness, c
only De sneered at by hresidc travellers,
Forks,-It is singular tibet forks sho'
nave been unknown in England previous
NE reign of James l.; they were brou'