Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-23
EXTRACTrnom MADDEN'S TRAVELS.

Mast travellers have remarked, IN eastern
countries the natural eloquence of the un-
civilized inhabitants; bat in no nation IS the
love of eioquence carried SO far as in Egypt
and Arabia. | have listened with delight TO
the defamation OF their sbeiks, when the
pespIe assembled around then, in the even
ing to hear the politics of the village, or the
eternal stories of 'sEB hle Wehad" the thou
sand and one nights of Arabian entertainment.
Their comraon language is hall prose, hall
poetry: Philips might attend their sources to
Gull fresh flowers of oratory, and Moore take
a corner Of their mat to collect new images
Of poetry.
The Iibyn mountain On the northwest
side of Thebes, contains the tombs; they per
ierate the mountain from top TO bottom; the
lowest are the most highly finished; these are
inhabited By the Arabs, about three hundred
of,7aan miserabiy exist in these sepuichres
OF pride. The staple commodity OF Gonraa
consists in mammies; the Arabs lind IT easier
TO live by selling dead men. than BY the toll
of husbandry. In the sale Of mummies | dis
covered such frauds that ! have no hesitatisn
in saving that in all the cabinets oil Europe
shere are not probably twenty mummie in
the same coflia il which they were originally
deposited.
We arrived at phile, after a fatiguing
walk, in the heat OF noon day. This beauty
oC tha scenery around this enchanting isle
compensated us for all our toll from AlcXan-
dria 10 the cataract, it was, indeed, the ohly
spot in all our travels whose scenery desert
ed to be called Sublime. The granite racks,
in n thousand majestic forms, rise from the
lille at is western extremity, and ara beauu
fully centrasted with the picturesque effects
OF the stately palm trees and magnificent
structures of Phile: indeed, the whole island
seems to be a delightful garden, studded
with ebelisks and temples.
There are four recollections OF q traveller
which might tempt him to wish to live fer
ever: the sea view OF Constaatinople, the
sight of the coliseum by moonlight, tac pros
pect from the summet OF Nesayius at the
dawn, and the first glimpse of Phlls at sun
set.
Generally speaking. the Arabs are the
kindest hearted people in the world: no PEG
pie are more sensible of good treatment,
more susceptible of improvement, and unior-
tanately, no people on earth are more mia
meusly ruled.
Signor Surur, the consul, is the private
FRIEND and counsellor Of the governor, who is
married TO a niece of the pacah' With this
great Turk | am in the habit Of dining almost
SAltty CitiiDi Gk AES VI a.
the latter. ! party Of seventy Turks sat down
10 the mast magnificent banquet | ever wit
He>sed in The east. Onc hundred and thirty
dishes of various sorts, fish, flesh, soups,
sweets, fruits, &c. were set down aud remov-
ci ia succession. The head OF the religion
and several priests were present, which 81
sur considered no small honor 10 a christian
'Thc Library Of Useful knowledge gives a
very interesting account of tcT1us2n. theas-
tryncmer. who, originally a tender OF sheep,
and of weak body, spent his nights like the
Chaldeans, in studying the heavens.
When a little older, he went into the ser
vice of a farmer, and a respectable man. call
ed James Clasham, whose name deserves to
be remembered. After the labodrs OF the day
young Ferguson used to go at night 10 the
fields, with a blanket and lighted candle, and
there laying himself down ea bis back, pur
sued for long hours ais observations on The
heavenly bodies. i used to Stretch said he,
'a thread with small heads On it, at arms
length, between nay eyes and the stars; slid
ing the beads upon it, ill they hid such ana
such stars from my eye. IN sfGor to take their
apparent distances irnnt one another; and shen
iayias the thread Town On q papor,i saaTs
ed tue stars theleupon hy the teadsf .aig
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