Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-12-13

duIF6SSeu Tue HSdtHCU, dIIu distributed tue
word Of God. TO some of them had
endeavore1 to impart important theolog,
icaI truths. l had heard them pray, and
preach in their own tongne to listening
audiences. [ had marked their behavior
in secret, and in hours of peril. Not to
love them would be impossible. To part
from them for life, without pain, is equal
" impossible May it bat prove saluary
to myself
The consciousness of a thous2n1imper-
factions in the discharge ofmy dnty, forms
The principal trial. Still there has been
good devised, and good begun, aud evil
checked, and plans matured, which thrust
will be founi in the great day among the
things which perish rot
NudrGs.
A voyage Of fourteen days, in a small
trading vessel, brought me to anchor in
the roads Of Madras, January Is, 1887.
The city presents, from the sea, nothing
to create large expectations. Orly few
public buildings are visible, and not much
Of the town, as the site is quite level.
There beingno identation ofthe "oast. nor
any island to break off the sea, heavy
swell rolls in drought the year.
Vessels anchor in the open roads; the
large ones keeping about a mile distant
Cargoes are loaded and unoaded, by boa;s
ada pied for passing through the surf A
mong the first objects that struck me, were
the cn!GmdranS, gliding in every direc-
lion. Thrse are exactly Ikea New Eng
land stone sled. Three fattened timbers
about eight or ten feet long, are lied to-
gether horizontally, anil sharpened little
ut the point. One or two m2n rropel it
with paddle, fattened at both ends, and
i lip first on one 81 'c, and then on the 9th
cr. They sit on the calves of theis lers.
In this position, which is the Only one the
Case admits. They often remain for hours
The water, of course, comes up between
the timbers, and washes over the Iutleves-
sci, 50 that the men are kept wet to the
middle IF they would carry any artic les
dry which is seldom attempted, they CON
struct little platform ofbushos in the cen
ire. When no boat could live five min
utes, these catamarans go about in perfect
safety. The men are often washed OFT,
but instantly leap on again without a arn.
A waterproof cap for the carriage Of let
tiers to and FROM newly arrived vessels, is
almost their only article of dress. The
rest is but a strip of cotton cloth, two or
three inches wide, fastened to Irvine tied
round the hips.
Landing seemed so difficult though the
weather was fine, that it was hard to con.
ceive how goods could be conveyed with
out getting wet Yet these boatmen do it,
and display energy and skill scarcely to
be surpassed. Keeping time to rude
tune, they now take long pulls, and now
short ones, as the waves run past; they at
length push the boat forward on foaming
biIow, and she is thrown upon the beach.
As it recedes, some jump out with the
ropes, who, at every returning wave, get
her a little higher, till she lies upon the
sand. The operation is Sufficiently disa-
greeable, especially to the timid The
passenger is not onl v almost thrown from
his seat, bv the heavy striking Of the boat
upon the beach, but is generally we'll
sprinkled by the breakers dashing against
her before she can be hauled up sufficient
Iv. The boats are very large and deep,
bat made entirel Y without ribs or timbers.
and very light. The sides are formed OF
thin wide pIanks, warped by fire to prop
err shape and fastened together by strong
Irvine. Against the seams straw and mud
are fastened strongly by the Irvine which
ties the panks together. No nails are US
ed. for none could keep a boat together,
knocked about on the sands as these are.
The Black town, so called from the COL
or Of the natives who reside there, is well
laid out, and is defended by a substantial
brick wall. The houses are far better, on
an average, than those of the natives In
Calcutta. Though there are not so ma
ny superb residences of baboos as in that
city, there are some scarcely surpassed in
elegance by any country seats IN Amerl-
ca.
A space of several miles in the rear of
the Black town is occupied by the Euro
peans Their houses are not placed in
rows, but scattered about and embosomed
in gardens and shrubbery. Trees are
planted in rows along the principal ave-
nues, and the number of pleasant drives
surpasses those of any city | have yet
seen in the East.
The fort is on the shore south of the
Black town, with lalgc open space be-
tween, reserved as an esplanade. On the
margin Of this opening next TO the sea,
and also below the fort, are the most fash
ionable resorts for the numerous equipa-
ges which bring out inhabitants to the
freshness and the glory Of sunset the
rushing ofthe ceaseless surf at your feet
thescore of vesse!s-the cool sea breeze
the quiet ocean the wide view of the
western sky-the varied equipages-and
the cheerful faces, make it every way
charming. Ingoing to "the course" you
meet, alongthe less pretending roads, mer-