The Arkansas advocate., 1831-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE TIGRESS.


 During the enterprislng expedition ssno Upper Egypt, by General Desaix, Ia provincial soldier fell into the power of tribe of Arabs, called the Maugra- bins, and was by them carried into the desert, beyond the cataract of the Nile. Inorder to place safe distance between Themselves and the French army, the sMaugrabines made a forced march and said moi stop till night closed in. They eneamped around a fountain surround ed by palm trpss. Not supposing their 4ffrisoner would attempt te escape, they fontented themselves with merely bind Eng his hands; and after having fed their horses, and made their supper upon ldaIes, they all of them slept soundly.-- As soon as the French prisoner was con- yineed of this fact, he began to gnaw 4he cords that bound him, and soon re- gained the liberty of his hands. He sezeda carbiHe, and took the precaution provide himself with some dry dates, 4and little dried grain, and armed with "a sclmetar, he mounted a horse, and Hstarted otiin the direction of the French sarny.
 | h his eagerness to arrive at q place
 safety, he urged the already wearled Ea9se until the generous animal fell a9Fa dead, and left his rider alone Ill tle midst of the desert. For d long Rne tue Frehchman walked on with a perseverance of a runaway slave, but " vas at last obliged to stop. The day Fas finished, and notwithstanding the eeaaty and freshness of oriental nights, ae dla not feel strength enougn to pur- spe hls journey. Having reached llt- N : custer ot palms, which had gladden. N HIS heart from distance, ae laid his asaa upon a stone and slept, without sa'as any precaution for his defence.
 ie was awaken by the pltIiess "a, $ of ht sun, which fell upon him with lntol- sFable fervor; for in his wearlness he hd reps.' o'ed on the si;!le opposite to the norning shadow of the majestic palms. prospect around n,,, filled him with eSpalr. In every direction .r,othing %es als eyes but wide ocean of sand, RafAllns and glancing like dagger in s sunshine. The pure briIliancy of
 SNy leit the imagination nothing to Ssl'e' Nota cloud obscured its splen. Sa D,' J aot zephyr moved the surface ol uesert. The earth and the heavens sa'sa K. ;s on hse-tlhicy met at tho hori el;t, "' a narrow line of light, as fine and
 nssllns as the edge of a sword.- hs 'e na,'' was a wild and awful majesty il EpS.;, a'''sersal stiffness! God, in ali hi
 Th seemed present to the soul!
 hel launtpe:s aesolate wanderer thought o Dros;a au'alhs and rose of his own native 5hen.,,t'ee and wept aloud. He claspe,
 He sSon,as saon,a, lit had been living friend utts. asea, sell to relieve the fforgetifuiues leuI tsr ps.s solitude. The wild wildernes hasa ' pack s.. sharp sound from the ', di: ii .cbo sas ,"a' no echo was answered. Tn
 ,paad m1'p ,ha melancholy sIa, steps he walked z
 balm t,e ae little eminence on which tn
 eiseoyevoseas oes grew; To his great joy h
 ef natural d on. on the opposite side, sol
 granite. E grotto formed by a pile
 hreast Tl rope was awakened in h
 slth Sat.l ahe s palms would furnish hi,
 hisht, shlt son. m TOT 9, food, and human bein.
 saaustsa'' s,'e that hat, way before they wa'
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