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ther. He appears 20 be an amiabis man, an'
his suite IS far superior in person. arms, ant
conduct, 10 that Of Tousleb During our sta,
q Akaba, in waiting for the ssrisaI Of Hussein
| made myself quite al home. and passed III.
time sgreesbly. I read, wrote, fshed. balhed
played bail with The boys in he court. slrOlIet
among the huts outside, and won 10 all sppear
anee the good will Of both Se1es of the men
BY joining them occasionally 10 social smoke
AZ the expense Of course Of my own Tobacco,
pouch; and Of the womep, by an occasional pal
upon The heads of their filthy children, and 4
moderate Distribution Of their, sbncksheish.n-
As 10 my liIlle playmaies. the boys, was de-
eided "lion" among them they followed me
some distance when We left, and will long re-
member, I am sure, the '.Frank ''strsnger who
took such interest in their games Blu, our de-
Parture will not be felt only BY The young
Few travellers iaserrupt The monolonous tenor
of that fort life, and the absence of our gay blue
and yellow tents, with all The parapharnalis of a
considerable party. will produce quite a relapse.
Toward the close Of our stay The arrival Of Hus-
sen waslookedfoTwilh much impa.iehce He was
frequeRIlylhe subject Of conversation in eonnec-
ton with the diplomacy that should be employed
TO secure favorable batgsin books spoke Of
him as rich, powerful, aud some q them as a
,reacherous ChiefS and BY reading and talking
u him. our minds Became nsryously full of the
subject, especially as we were. so enTapped as to
be completely in his power for the territory Of
his i;ibe extended all around us, and our ad,
vance or retreat depended upon his nod so that
when we heard the tramp 0f hisghorse's feet,
when the tent curtain was lifted up and he was
Introduced, l confess tina The p1lsaliCns Of my
heart became more frequent. in so august pre-
sence, al thought Of the iutefsys wefhad suspend.
ed upon his decision. Coffee snd pipes, however,
circulated, CONVERSATION flowed freely through
The interpreler+my agitation subsidized, aud |
improved The opportunity fors observing Ihe
nien and eountenance Of The noted Sheik- =
From grave TO gay,
From cheerlnlio severe" Il
He wore two robes, one sf scarlet trimmed
with gold lace; and another Of goats hair his
tqrban was a rich Cashmets shawl; his COM
plexion was a light brown bis forehead high /:
nose large, mouth handsome, eyes small and
thoughtful, and his whole bearing princely. /
felt sure that however exoTb5tanl his demands
might be- there was none Of dat Iitlleness about
hin Ii which rendered Toualeb, all bis pOPu-
journey was mentioned, but amer few general
remarks, he begged us POsPonsment for two
hours, that he might rest II the meantime j
was limited to the Gonefnor that The amount Of
his "buckshesh" would depend upon the success
Of the transaction; in order lcsecuIe his friendly
CO cooperation ;-dinber was disposed Of, and The
hour of business waited for with anxiety. 1t Fl.
nally arrived, and with il Hussein and the Go
vernon. Ii is impossible for me 70 describe the
scene that ensued; but il will never be eIaced
from my memory Il is enough q say. that our
offer excited bis contempt, and his offer our de-
spaiT ), aud in the moment when i seemed mo-
rally certain that we must. re IiIquish forever
the pleasure Of seeing Idumea and its Capitol,
(Pe,ra,) and equally so that by some longer
route and by unknown means we were TO reach.
il ever, the Holy Land, exposed to the vengeance
of his disappointed tribe, who were every mo-
ment gathering outside The fort (; just at this mo-
ment, when jaded by bis sxtorIion We had thrown
ourselves back resolved TO say nothing more and
abide the result, the Governor interpreted with .
mild voice, in delightful contrast with the loud
tone Of the other disputanis, and like a gracious
mediator raised Us up, brought the sheik down,
and about two O'Clock, A. Nj, after an exciting
discussion Of sestn hours, the money was counted
out and the contract closed forever.
May | never again be thrown into blood
sucking Arabs power, and be obliged to,chsfer
with him for my il berry. l.
1 shall always remember The seasonable ser
vice Of the Turkish Governor, and i, gave me
pleasure 10 see his face shine at sight Of the re.
ward we gave him when We parted.
February b9lh.l This is4Our third day from
the fort Tomorrow brings us ID Petra. After
ali the dreadful tales about the fierce looking
lawless Alonins, we have foapd ihem quite The
contrary. The men keep their places, are TO-
conparably superior in every respect TO those
OF Tousleb, and would 6ghi bravely for us,
have nojdoubl Sheik saleIa and another young
Sheik, SULLIVAN, take asocid pipe and cup o.
coffee with US every evening.
As to safety, dream Of any thing else has ne.
yer enleted my mind since The night OF our bar
gain with Hussein. Indeed, am becoming at
lached 10 the wild men and genes around me
This morning, % be sure. OR guard were Ialhel
startled al seeing the fresh tracks Of horses: ex
amined them carefully 10 see how recently The
troop had passed ;!rePrimed their pieces, seOt on
scouts ahead, ard.teporled 70 as that ii was The
Trail Of an enemy, aud il We met them an en-
gagement must e1sac: sui there was nothing
alarming in il, for something 10 the Desert lif'
itself, and in the bearing Of ihese fne fellows a
round Us, rather Inspired Inc desire for an oe
eurrenee Of the kind.
Our course has been up the WaddJ Arabah
with Jebeliel Arsbah on DE left, and Noun
SER on the right The LATER was the possession
OF Essu. His history, viii thar. his venerable
times, has been The theme of our thoughts. read
ing and conversation. There is an indesciiba
| bic pleasure in dwelling upon these Old Tesla
uent tales, when the GO where they wsr,
enacted IS palpasiy befOtsus, The Bible be
comes more and more interesting.
Fbin advanced an opinion yesterday il
sofconsersation, which rather s,arllel
!. '.'Is,, but on Observation-Disclosures my faith
sThatou appreciation Of. panf Of The sublimes
sentiments in Scripture is h.sh4f. saving The al
sence of inspiraiion. iban lhalesen ofihe writer
,henselves.r For example, Gods attribute Q
Omnipo,ehce 81 pflel sibfmely illustrated B