The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
MISCELLANY. MI
TssrI<isia Examination of an EngIssh Trav-
 eIIer's Goods. fE
Fromdte Naid of kars, .ll,'. sBorriey's aesO
 av0rk

OotnoHd . tioIeo. III SutSeSSl0fl were l displayed, waiscoats, neckeloths, shirts, drawers, S stockings, which drew forth inc Iastonishment of all present, for they won- l dered what one man could possibly want with so many things, the uses of most Of
 which were 10 ihem ineomprehensible.--- They admired the glittering beauties of a
 splendid uniform jacket, which it's owner fcaried about to wear on appearing ai courts and in the presence of exalted pefsonages !; but when they came to inspect pair of leather pantaloons, the ingenuity of the most learned amongst them could not de- wise for what purpose they could possibly be used. For, let it be known, that a ] Turk trowsers when extendedlooh like the largest sacks used by millers with a hole at each corner for the insertion of the legs, and then drawn together and tied in front, generally extend from the hips. to the an kles. Will 1t then be though. extraordinary
 that the comprehension of the present com pany was at fault as 10 the panlaioons ! They were turned about in all directions inside and out, before and behind. The tmufti submitted that they might bean arti- Gle of dress, and he.called upon bearded chokadaf, who stood by wrapt in donbt and
 astonishrnent, to try them on. The view which the multi took of them was, that they
 were to be worn as head dress, and ac-
 cordingly, that part which tailors call the seat was fitted over the urban of the cho- kadar, whilst the legs fell in .serpent-like fold down the grave mans back and shoul- ders, making him look like Hercules with the lions skin thrown over his head. 1 < Barikallah i-praise be 10 Allah!0 said the mnfti, 'I have found it. perhaps this is the dress of an English pacha of two tails !''-" Aferin well done ]" cried all the adherents of the law.
 But the pasha was of another opinion i; he viewed the pantaloons in q totally differ ent tight; iilsnecting them with the eye of ore who thought upon tie good things of which he was fond. .s For what else can this be used ? exclaimed inc chief, his dull eye frightening up as lle spoke, $ what else buE lof Whie fis is pesiaps ssss ailsss oi some European animal. Franks drink wine. and they carry their wine aheut in skins. as our own infdels do. Is it not so?'
 said he. addressing himself to Boecs the
 Armenian. "Soit is, answered the dyer, "it is even as your Highness has com handed" sWel, then, this skin has son- tained wine,n continued the pasha, pleased
 with the discovery, and by the blessing of
 Allah 1t shall serve US again. Here said | IL A.. .1 :. ( L;, ,-a,,,o,,+e l baro taL a thic let the saka sew up the holes, and let 1t be well filed instead of wine 1t shall hold
 water. 5 And true enough, in q few days after, the pantaloons were seen pafadihg the town on water carriers back, doing the duty of mashekss But it was secretly reported, that, not long after, they were converted to the use for which tie pasha 1 intended them, and actually were appoint ed for the conveyance of his highness' ta-
 vorite wine. In the lid of he portmanteau
 was discovered a boot-iaclS, with a pair of steel hoot-hooks. These articles put the ingenuity of the. Turks to still greater test. How could they possibly devise that so complicated piece of machinery cYonld, by any stretch of imagination, have any thing in common with a pair of boots, a part of dress which they pull oil and on
 with as much ease as one inserts and re- inserts mop into bucket! They thought t might have something to do with neero- nancy, theil with astrology, but atlength 1t struck them that the whole machine must
 be enc for the purpose of torture; what more convenient thanthe hinges for squeez- ing the thumb, or cracking the finger joints E-what better adapted than the boot-hooks for scooping out eyes. Such they decided if to be. and in order to confirm the conclu- sion beyond doubt, the pasha ordered his favorite scribe to insert his finger between
 the hinges of the boot.jack, which hasIns done with repugnance, he was rewarded 1 for his compliance by as effieacious pinch as he could wish, whilst peals o laughter went round at his expenses The lnstHi-
 ment was then made over to the chief exc cutioner, with orders to keep 1t in readiness
 upon, tic ttfiies first first occasion. The various con tents of the dressing case were next brought
 under examination. Every one was on 1 the look -out for something agreeable to the
 nalate the momant they saw the numerous ,I bottles with which it was studded. One
 tasted eau de-Colonge, another lavender water, both of which they thought might or might not be Frank luxuries in the way of
 cordials.
 But who can describe the face which
 was made by the. pasha himself when' j, attracted by the brilIiancy of the color he
 tossed off to his own drinking the greater mart of bottle of the tinc'ure of myrrh
 The mufti was man who never laughed,
 h.4 s enen he. on seeing the contortions of