, 1842-05-07
siftings from Dr.. Motifs Travels.

that forms stratum upon its floor, Is
a mere crevice in a rock; and the
famed Lake Of Avernus near it is 9
little shallow pond; neither of then
having about it any thing TO justify
the extravaganza accounts Of the an
Gent poets. There is 10 old well OF
brewers vat in any country tha'
would not answer equally as well fol
the experiments on fixed air!
The Doctor speaks in the utmost
contempt of Delphi" and its famed
splendor and wealth. He says it:
site is a cleft in the almost inaccesSi
bic side of a sleep hill, and that il
could never have been a place o.
any'consequence, except in the i'm
agination of a poet.
The Ilyssus, consecrated to the
muses., is a very insignificant rivulet.
which would not be digniied with a
name in our country.
The Gsers Of Nires, neal Athens
consists mostly of huge trees, many,
of which are doubtless the same I'm.
der whose shade Plato reposed.
.Mohammedan Faith.-"I have
watched the followers of Mahomet
every where in Turkey End in Egypt,
and they appear to be infinitely more
faithful and sincere in their forms OF
worship than Christians" He re.
commends Christians to take them as
models for imitation! We have in
christian ountriesnoconception cfthe
dignity and solemnity OF their form
and manner Of payer. | believe all
travellers, except priests, will sub
scribe to the truth of these remarks.
There is a sect among the Moslems
exactly like our shaking quakers.
The Pyramids Of Egwt.-Dr.
Mott supposes these extraordinary
structures could have been intended
only for the sepulchres of Kings:
LIST, because the entrances to the
chambers are only 81 feet square: Cd,
because the rooms contain stone sar-
cephagi, which are monoliths, so
large that they could not have got
there unless placed on the floor be-
fore the walls and ceilings were made,
and 3dly, because their immediate
vicinity abounds in small pyramids
and catacembs which are found full
Of mummies Of human beings, and oil
the Ibis, &c. He say, no hierogly-
phics have yet been discovered in
or about the pyramids, 1.-THE contra.
ry impression prevails here, and
therefore he dates the construction
before the invention Of that art, and
consequently far beyond all known
historic records, which is certainly
legitimate conclusion. The reports
Of travellers state that there is nc
Limestone in stu, like that of the pyr
amids, nearer than the distant noun
tains Of the upper Nile, and that the
enormous blocks, (eften 70 to a 10o
tons in wsight musthave been trans.
ported thence. This is a mistake
They were 1uarried from the lime.
Stone formation OF the spot.
The beautiful smile which represents
the soul in the next world, under the
form Of a reaper in a wheat field,
gathering with his sickle the harvest
of his good deeds on earth, is found
on the papyruses in many of the
tombs Of the ancient Egyptians.
The African road, leading from
Rome to Brundusium, 1875 miles, has
now been travelled with carriages
for 1000 years, and yet it exhibits
very slight traces of wear. 1t is
made of cubes of solid stone of great
hardness. Why cannot we initiate
i2
Pienna.-Dr. Mott recommends
Vienna as a residence for invalids in
summer. There is no metropolis Of
so large a population 900 ,OOo) where
one may lead a life of so wide a range
Of rational qualification at his COM
nand. This fascinating capital is
adornad hu q vacf numher of poopniG-