New-York daily tribune., 1843-10-28
= .TE1s OF KER1M KHAN IN ENGLAND.

" '. ENGLAND in ls39-40. The narrative COM
u ,os s from Delhi, giving an account OF the sea
n'., a,.s and Kerm khan's observations on It
re!Ds ~. 20 take him up in England:
~. ~ now continues the khan returned thanks
"a for having brought me safe through the
70 80" oOI ocean to this extraordinary country-be-
slas s..;Uu Of the answer once made by a man who
lliA,S A.,aSertakcn voyage, on being asked by his
osu Wv w. what he had seen most wonderful The
f'siles .as, wonder | have seen, is seeing myself
ssreaVs -, land !'' The troubles of the khan,
a,s ,.,-er. were far from being ended by his arrl
MN ~ IN terra .fr1na for apparently from some
10 ...otc or nadvcrtcncc, (thc cause OF which
l.. not very clearly appear,) on the part of the
wv ...ss whom he had expected to meet hun, he
h.sa s.d himself, on landing at Blackwell and pro-
lvur Gnr by the railway to London, left alone by
e's1 st nesson who had thus far been his guide In
ue s!p,ments near Cornhill, almost wholly unac-
''ppa;n,ed with the English language, separated
5om his baggage and servants, who were s'ill o.! on
lssrd lOn the Edinburgh, and with no one in his
.nuanv ea but another Hindustani, as little vcrsed
'b;rse]f in the ways and speech of Frangues-
,.r. In this considerable unhandsome tlx,' as
:. rould be called on the other side of the Allan
y ). tbs perplexities of the khan are related with
.,ob nirnitable naivete and good-humor, that we
..nnot do better than give the account OF them
= he own words AS could neither ask Tor
.,v thing. nor answer question put to me,
.,:sed the whole night without morsel OF food or
drop OF water till the morning, feeling hungry,
I reouested my companion to 60 to some bazaar
,nd buv some fruit He replied that it would be
;moossible for him either to find his way to
5zaar through the crowds of people, or to find his
rav back apain-as all the houses were so much
like. then told him to 90 straight on IN the
,eet we were in, turning neither to the right nor
-he left till he met with some shop where We might
rs what VIC wanted: and, in order to direct hlm
tsothe place on his return, agreed to lean half
~t Of the window, so that he could not fall to
yeme. No sooner, however, did he sally forth,
han thc people. men, women, and children, be-
sn to stare at him on all sides, as II he mad
copped from the moon; some stopped ana gazeu'
md numbers followed him as II ne had Deen
,nminal about being led to execution. NOR was
ina more enviable position; the people soon
c.upb, sight of me with my head and shoulders
out Of the window and in few minutes, MOB
had collected opposite the door. What was to
b? If withdrew myself, my friend on re-
rn;ng would have no mark to find the house,
while, if remained where was, the curiosity OF
he crowd would certainly increase. kept my
nst. however, while every one that passed stop
I'd and gazed like the rest till there was actually
M room for vehicles to pass; and IN this un-
Dessant situation l remained fully an hour, when
Feoing nv friend returning, | went down and
onened the door for him. He told me he had
cone straight on, till he came to. atrult shop at
Ip corner of another street, wien he went IN,
md layinp two shilling on the counter, said IN
Oordu Ghe polished dialect Of Hindustanl.)
Give me some fruit The shopman, not under
Standing him, spoke to him in English to which
bp repied aqain in Oordu,'I want some fruit
mnting at the same time to the money, to sig
pfy that he wanted two shillings worth OF fruit.
The man, however, continued confoundcd and
nv friend at last not knowing OF what sort the
r1nts were, whether sour sweet, butter or other
wise yentured, after much hesitation and fruit
less attempts to communicate with the shopman
y signs and gestures, to take up four apples, and
then made his retreat in the best manner he could,
followed, as before, by the rabble. l at last
caught glimse of him, as | have mentioned,
and let him in; and we sat down together, and
bsakiasted on these four apples, my friend taking
H0 OF lueIU ana 1 llc
Itmust be admitted that our khan's first meal
in England and the concomitant circumstances,
verenot calculated to impress him with very nigh
dea either of the comforts OF the country or the
oliteness of the inhabitants; but the unruff1ed
philosophy with which he submitted to those un-
toward |priyatons was, ere long, rewarded by the
arrival of the East India agent to whose care ne
lad been recommended, and who, after putting
lin in the way of getting his servants and lug
ssge on shore from the vessel, took him out IN
srriace to show him the metropolis. " 1t was,
rdeed, wonderful in every point OF view, whether
!regs-ded the immense population, the dresses
and faces of the men and women, the mutltudes
Of houses, churches, &C., and the lnnumerabc
arlages running in streets paved with stone ana
wood, (the width and openness Of which seems
aexpand the heart) and continlng themselves to
he middle of the road, without oycrturnlng any
Of the foot-passengers."
The difficulties of the khan, from his ignorance
1.-THE language, and Moslem scruplcs at partak
ny Of food not dressed by his own people, were
lot vet, however, at an end. For though, on re-
turning to his lodg ging in the evening, he found
that his friend had succeeded in procuring from
the ship dish of kichiri, Gan Indian mess, COM
posed Of rice and ghee, or clarified butter.l his
inability to communicate with his andlady still
occasioned him considerable perpleXity. HAY
ing ventured to take some pickles, which saw
or the sdeboard, and finding them palatable,
sent for the landlady, and tried to explain to her
wsgns, pointing to her bottles, that wanted
Smethlng like what they contained Alas, Tor
ayignorance She though wished them taken
91 Of my room, and so walked Oft with them,
ssnng rue in the utmost astonishment How
VI to get it back again it was the only thing
had to relish my kichiri. | had, therefore,
'e'ou'se to this expedient-I got an apple and
eaa it, putting the parings in a bottle with
'ass' and showing this to the landlady, mt
aa'ed by signs, that wanted something like Ii
10 eat with my rice. She asked many questions
1 n EncGSh. and talked a rrent deal from which |