Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1843-03-16

or where the little creatures ride with great appa-
rent ease and security. / have never seen one in
the least danger Of falling, though the mother
were ever SO much jostled in the crowd l wit
messed touching spectacle Of woman grinding
in an alley of Cairo She sat weeping and turn
ing a circular milestone with her hand ] tho't
of the passage in Iob,-"Then let my wife grind
unto another" The grinding is principally don't
in Egypt at this day, in hand-ms, turned by the
women. Its form corresponds exactly to the draw
ings so often seen in Biblical antiquities.
"THe EUH Eye" is regarded by the Egyptians
with superstltious dread This is only anoth-
err name for the evil spirit. Little shells are Of
ten seen upon capes, garments, and other valued
objects, 10 keep off the evil eye. The mother
hangs beads or shells about her child for that pur
pose aud the Arab invariably attaches some TO
the bride of his favorte horse or camel Even
the Grand Pasha has one or two common trees
planted in one of the most enchanting spots in
Shruba TO keep off the evil eye
The fruits most abundant in Cairo are orang
es, lemons, and lines. These are for sale cheap
at almost every turn, and are of excellent quality
The oranges are particularly delicious Dates in
various forms, dry and preserved, are staple in
Egypt Vegetables are abundant. Chick peas
sold by the handful on the vine, are eaten raw
very much at this season. Lettuce, luplnes, tur-
nps, wake robin Egyptian potatoe,) onions,
green and dry, are the more prominent vegetables
in the market. Sugar cane is much sold by the
stalk or piece, and il is eaten in the streets.
Fields of sugar cane are seen about Cairo, and
along the Nile, sut not very common have
not a carriage, or horse in harness in Cal
70. All the carts are drawn by single OK
{ What carts there are have been introduced by
Mehemet Ali and Ibrahm Pasha, and believe
all belong to them. The oxen are beautiful gen.
orally of fawn color The most beautiful heif-
er have ever seen, was in meadow near Alta,
on the bank Of the Nile She had the color and
more than the beauty of iawn. Horses are We
: ry common, sleek and stout, among the officers
f and Weather classes. The horses of Egypt are
: not however, generally, whatthe Arab horses are
5 famed TO be. Mules are stout and handsome, but
g not abundant here.
The donkicS the little smart donkes of Egypt
with their mouse, elephant or pepper-and-sa
color, will never be forgotten by any who has ev
e er seen or rode them. | wish | could transpor
l. one of them to the United States with his whole
= habits, gait, and constitution. would enjoy the
n pleasure ofrdng him, maugre the smiles or jeer
If of foes or friends. Yes, we donkles of Egypt,
r will carry with me pleasant remembrance of We
n But poor creatures, they may well say here, a
e elsewhere, with old Shylock, "Sufcrdncc is still
l. the badge Of all or tribe"
70 Cames, stalking by dozens through the street
J. of Cairo are a great annoyance But hope L
d see the camel in his true element, "shp G
~ the Desert" Goats and sheep are seen mingle
J. together in nocks, about the city. A great ma
10 ny black sheep are seen in Egypt, as in Greece
NJ Many families keep cosset goat | have nc
he seen hog in Cairo, nor at Alexandria, nor o
L the Nile, save at Alta in the dooryard Of ItG
& liam inn-keeper. The dogs here are indeed sa
ho ST ool, IF the
le race The concentrated essence of the hyen
IN and wolf meets in them They bark at Franks
is and even at Turks, as if they were intruders 0
H. the forbidden ground of their master.
OF OF birds, sparrows are the most abundant an
FL the most domesticated here. They cheer
lg chirping and hutterng in every dwelling q bui
~ ding private or public, and general lavorite
Sc Not even pebble is thrown at them by me-
" women or children. They come into your roor
es light upon your table and chairs-and one lgl
rs co on my forehead, as lay reclining backwa
ng on the divan, at Osman Ehendis. There is a
'u- other little bird quite common, with the boz
We whittier and the wings head and throat blac
Ill' greatly resembling forest bird found in Co
be neciicut CrOwS or kites, exactly like Americ;
A crows in voice, shape and size, but grey upon Il
IN back, wings and breast, are every where to
5h- seen in Egypt. | have remarked flocks of tie
or twenty and thirty, very graceful, gentle birds,
ale of purest white, with yellow bills and send
nly necks, in the grounds and gardens of the Pash
ost and great men, and suppose them to be a speci
IN of white stork. Hawks, vultures, and screec
The owls are common, as are king fishers.
sm- As to oermin, there is this, and that and that
ell, regular descendants from those whose history
ara recorded in the Sth chapter of Exodus, and
'de the ct cGtcrdS of all the and varieties inc
e ded in that comprehensive term, rermin. Th
ing are source of extreme annoyance have be
ln stung and bitten nearly in every inch of my bot
lG'' Their wounds and scars overspread like the SIN
Inc pox and its traces.-N T. O6STUcr.
IRE, --
IRA The Tons OF A NEwsPAPER.-Ne Newspaper
ler erature is a link in the great chain of mlrac
we, which proves the greatness of England and eve
the support should be given 10 newspapers. /
est, editors of these papers must have onerous ia
roi- 1t is not the writing of the leading article list
ged but the obligation to write that article every d
ler- whether inclined or not in sickness or in heal
she in affection, distress of mind, winter and SUNNI
Her year after year, tied down to one task, remain
ian. in one spot. 1t is something like the wakin
per- thousand miles in thousand hours. hay
the fellow-feeling for them, for know how peri
Or ical will wear down ones existence. In hsel