Litchfield enquirer., 1829-10-08

fects to be Judge Of slaves. Franks are
not suffered ID visit this bazaar; but nov
and then, when an opulent slave merchant
falls sick, Christian h0kkim, or doctor,
gains admittance. The slave bazaar is a
large quadrangular court yard, with shed
running along a range of narrow cells on
the ground flOor, and gallery above, which
surrounds the building; on the second
stage the chambers are reserved for the
Greeks and the Georgians below are the
black women Of Darfar and Sannaar end
the copper colored beauties Of Abyssinia,
the latter are remarkable for the symmetry
of their features and the elegance Of their
forms they commonly sell for 15S dollars,
while the black women seldom bring more
than 80 dollars The poor Greek women
were huddled Ogether; I saw z or in
one cell, bed on the floor, some dress
ed in the vesages Of former fnery, some
half naked some Of them were from Scio,
others from Ipsara; they had nothing in
common but despair! All Of them looked
pale and sickly, and appeared to be pining
after the homes they were never more to
see again, and the friends they were to
meet no more. Sickness aud sorrow had
impaired their looks, but still they were
spectres Of beauty: and the melancholy
stiffness Of their cells we're sadly conNrast-
ed with the roars of merriment which pre-
ceeded from the dungeons Of the negro
women. No scene of human wretched\
ness can equal this. The girl who might
have adorned her native village, whose|
innocence might have been the solace Of
an anxious mother, land whose beauty might
have been the theme Of many tongue,
was here subject to the gaze Of every IL
centious soldier who chose to examine
their features OF their form, on the pre-
tence of being buyer. l saw ono poor
girl of about IS brought forth to exhibit
her gait and figure to an old Turk,
whose glances manifested the motive for
her purchase; he twisted her elbows, he
pulled her ANGLES, he felt her ears, examin.
ed her rlouth and then her neck, and all
this while the slave merchant was extoll-
ing her shape and features, and protesting
she was only turned Of IS, and that she
neither snored nor started in her sleep, in
every respect she was warranted. I loi-
tered about the bazaar until / saw the bar.
gain brought to conclusion; the girl wa.
bought for $3.50. The separation Of thi.
young creature from her companions il
wretchedness, was new scene Of distress
she was pale as death, and hardly SCENE,
conscious Of her condition, while oil th
other girls were weeping around her an,
asking their las. farewell. Her new mas
ter laughed at the sad parting, and pushet
her before him to tne outer gate but there
she stopped for moment, and entreatet
permission to 20 back for the remainder
of her Greek attire, which dare say she
priced moro than any thing in the world,
for probably it was all on earth that re-
manned to her of what she brought from the
home she had forever left. The old Mos
lem accompanied her back, and in a few
minutes / saw her returning to the gate,
with little bundle under her arm, tremb-
ling from head to foot, and weeping bitter
ly. Maddon's 1ravets.
A Chameleon was lately brought to Phil
adelphia by Capt. Trout from Cape Mes
surado. This singular little animal is thus
noticed by Mr.. Madden in the account ol
his travels in Turkey, &c.
IuO q CuuAsCB0Vu Which, AbVOU hUh
three months, another for two months, and
several which I gave away after keeping
them ten days or fortnight. Of all the
irascible little animals in the world, there
are none so choleric as the chameleon;
trained two large ones to fight, and could
at any time, by knocking their tails against
one another. ensure combat, during which
their change Of color was most conspicu-
Gus this is only effected by paroxysm OF
rage, when the dark gall of the animal is
transmitted into the blood, and is visible
enough under its pellucid skin. The gall
as it enters and leaves the circulation, aE-
fords the three different shades Of green
which are observable in its colors-the
story ofthc chameleon assuming whatever
color 10 near it, is like that of its living up
on air, fable. It is extremely voracious. ]
had one so tame that I could place it on
stick opposite to a window, & in the course
Of ten minutes / have seen il devour half
a dozen flies; its mode of catching them
is very singular the tongue is thin car
tilaginous dart, anchor shaped this it
thrusts forth will, great velocity, and never
fails to catch its prey. The mechanism
Of the eyes of the chameleon is extremely
curious it has the power Of projecting the
eve a considerable distance from tho sock
ct, and can make il revolve in all direc-
tons. One Of them, which ] kept for