The Whig standard., 1843-12-01
TRAVELS OF KHERIM KHAN.

The last number Of Blackwood continues Its
extracts from the journal of this traveller from
The regions Of Delhi Hindostan. It's really a
treat 70 see the remarks that an intelligent man
right uui from another planet as il were, makes
u.lnour modern customs. In our former extract
wealsf the Khan fairly landed and ensconced
i. Do.id5:. He soon geis in with friends and
!, s.as5u - see The lions Ut The city. The first
s., ,iit hi efec. him much is the procession Of
the Queen on her way IL prorogue Parliament.
tier Douy guard IN their ancient green costume,
he took al drst for his counlrymen, and was
highly graufed al the honor 10 which they were
advanced, and when told they were yeomen, he
saiu he !" could not understand the reason Of
their adopting the Hindustan dress"
He took q favorable position to witness the
pageant, and says: s4ss6 ss sE#s II
AS the Queen approached, the people took
of their hats, nor was less astonished when
heard them begin to shout hurra hurra as she
passed; which in their language seems to inn
ply appreciation. When her majesty turned to-
ward our carriage, Immediately made salaam
after the manner of my own country, which she
graciously acknowledged, seeing, no doubt, that
/ was native of a strange land ~ s. f
We will pass over his visit to the Polytechnic
and various other institutions. His visit TO
Madam Tussaud's wax figures did not strike him
as it did the Parsees who visited England be-
fore him. His first ride on a railway was from
London TO Southampton, and it is amusing to
see the grave, serious manner in which he stntes
every thing. He was placed in one Of the first
class close carriages and whirled away like a
spirit Says the astonished Khan: . ,aA ~
..Such was the rapidity of the vehicles, that
/ could distinguish nothing bur an expanse of
green all round, nor could perceive even the
trunks of the trees. Every now and then we
were carried through dark caverns, where we
could not see each others faces and sometimes
we met other vehicles coming from the opposite
direction, which occasioned me no small alarm
as | certainly thought we should have been
dashed to pieces, from the fearful velocity with
which both were running. We reached South
ampton, distance Of seventy-eight miles, in
three hours; and what most surprised me was,
being seriously told on our arrival that we had
been unusually long on our way fF
At public dinner 10 which he was invited,
toast being given him, he says, mot being able
TO reply from my ignorance OF the language, a
gentleman OF my acquaintance thanked them in
my name; while | also stood up and made a
saiddm as much as TO say that highly apprc-
ciated the honor done me-" The eastern gravity
OF our Khan seems never to have deserted him,
although in true Oriental taste be quite warmed
up at the sight Of the beauty in Hyde Park, and
IN the opera. He sums up his account Of the
beauty in the Park by saying that were the in
habitants OF the celestial regions TO descend they
would at one glance, forget The wonders Of the
heavens at the sight Of so many bright eyes and
beautiful faces! What therefore remains for
mortals 70 do?" The opera with It's ballet some
what staggered him al first, but he soon settled
down into his accustomed gravity and viewed
the free exposure and futter Of limbs very coolly
The Parsees before him Were thunderstruck at
the sum given Taglioni FOR her performances,
and could not comprehend:
- That such sum should be paid to woman
to stand a long time like goose on one leg, then
TO throw one leg straight out, twirl round three
or four times with the leg thus extended, courtsy
so low as nearly to seat herself on the stage,
and spring from one side of the stage TO another,
and all which jumping about did not occupy
an hour II
We psSs over his visit 10 Guildhall, the Tower,
NewGate. kc., but take him up sxnin at dam
eiag party, the fist he ever attended We can
well conceive his astonishment at the unaccus-
toned as1 unaccouptsb)e spectacle His notions
Of waltzing we can EeceneDsnd to our American
ladies as very sensible Rn1w@thy their atten.
tion. Says he a lbe dance:
at is ss entirely unlike any thing we have
seveI heard oi y Hi dosian that cannot refrain
So Ike ch ,f what | saw. In
my ,,,pld not have been