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VI Wnich thcy threatened TO burn him
sometimes by white preacher, with long
grey hair, and book in his hand, out of
which prodrgious bamboo grew up into
the sky. with a star in the top of IT,; and
sometimes by number of little rose. COL
CURED children. who played round him, and
n II sang the same thing in his ear. Ills
master comforted him. told him the bad
dreams would 20 away. and gave him
money, which he desired him TO leave in
to watch, who found that the money was
taken away by an old negro woman, who
sometimes came about the house from
nelghborlng estate to sell vegetables add
poultry. The difficulty was TO conceive
how the dreams could have arisen in the
boys mind. In order to discover this, his
master, without informing him. bored n
hole in the partition Of his bedroom, and
remained with his eye directed through it.
The houses in those countries are often
not fastened, nor even the doors laid TO. IT
was, therefore, not very surprising that
early in the night a faint sound was heard
in the boys room, and an old woman was
seen to enter, bent nearly double. and
looking like some strange grizzled baboon
rather than human being. She crept to
the bed side, and, after seating herself, and
making various signs, she began to mut,er
in low voice close to the boys ear.
These were some of the words which the
Englishman caught NOW white woman
come you very boofu much-tell you take
massa's money-put in um tree-now she
glib you UNI kiss very sweet much And
90 the old bag went on suggesting image
| after image, while it was evident. from the
boys writing and gaspng, that the words
took in his mind the appearance of cores
pondlng things, but dld not wake him from
his painful sleep The woman was seized
while creeping away, and put in the stocks,
where she was shown to the boy the next
day, and means were taken to irlghten her
from ever again approaching the house.
The boy soon recovered his cheerfulness
but would probably, in the opinion Of an
intelligent physician, be liable all his life to
similar influences from those about hun.
After this, Hastings was led to speak o
occurrences no less strange which he hat
experienced in other countries. Once h,
sald,I made a sudden journey from one
part OF Persia to another in company will
several natives. whom | resembed IN N,
dress, beard, and general appearance. o.
the last day of my expedition | rode 70
fourteen hours without stopping, and reach
ed IN the evening The city of my destination
As we passed through the gate, saw a
mong the crowd who were looking at on
Cavalcade an old man, who seemed TO waite
inc with great in,enlness. We were stop
ped for a few momen's n one Of the streets
, and, on looking round. he was again clos
to me. After we had settled ourselves 70
, the night in our khan, large building de
, signed for trav, lers, while my servant We
1 attending to my horse, and was about ,
I cat my supper. the same old man approach
, ed me, and asked if | would come with hll
{ and share better mea than the one befor
] me. | looked at him now more artentivel,
and, having before seen, from his dres
that he was one Of the Armenlans who az
natives of the East. but not Mahometan
! it now also appeared to me that he was
t an honest and benevolent countenance.
He looked respectable but no, wealthy.
. felt that had my pistols about me, looser
e ed my sword, and followed him. w
f passed through several streets, and en'ere
5 at last a small door in high and solid va
2 this led Us into a court. and thence "
4, passed into a garden, at the further side
t which building stood; into this we passe
s and found myself in a scene of wonder.
2 The light OF many perfumed lamps shove
II that the walls were covered with blue al
n red silk embroidered in gold There we
If severol large ebony and japan cabinet
3 filed with golden plate and with pyraml
e of cut and rough jewels. The carpet "
" Of brocade, and the cushions that lay upt
h it Of purple silk worked with flowers
d seed pearl. The old man made me
IS down and left me for few Minutes; aft
Q which he returned superbly dressed, a
e placed himself beside me. He spoke We
s. little, aud seemed of grave, If not meIa
lie choly humour. But he had hardly Civ
m me TO wonder at his proceedings, wher
~ train of slaves came in, beautifully clothe
|e and bearing water in silver bowls TO wa
$, the hands; and then multitude Of dish
I'd of the most delicate and costly meats. v
Of sat almost in silence vine cool as snC
was brought to me, and again the ewers
ID washing. When we were left alone, I
at old man sighed, and said, -'Stranger,g gre
-, as may be your wonder, it cannot exec
rs my confusion. But it is useless to del
SIS speaking what must be told. am a mt
ce chant accounted the richest of this CT
IN and. some have said, of Persia. But
as wealth avais little :or happiness. ha
y. an only child, daughter, than whom |
IN llcve there are few more beautiful.
lie al my joy in her is blighted by the MIST
as tune OF the evil eye which has fallen up
d. her. Her health has long been wastl
,g away. | have consulted many physical
II, mollahs, and dervshes. but none have be
lis of use to her. One, reputed the sagest
of the holy men in all the province, told q
nd three months ago, that on this day s'rt
- ger, a Frank, would enter AT sunset I
he eastern gate; that him must wait for q
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