Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-02-23

WV PERMITTED. would brave many danger 10 viz,
'efa'a'em and VIC" the many consecrated spos in H..
Holy Land 'f''' :" we
h''ef s'eertslnng that we could proceed no ,,uh.,
n's we hasened I" leave Cairo, and soon re- emh,t.
eo IN onr boat 10 descend the Nile We had son. h.a
weather on The way which delayed our arrival b.,. ;.
me ehd IL The fourth day. Il rained which ia m nm,
'"a' circumstance In Egypt-not generally b.pneni,,
Jul o"ee yearlhat II seemed produce much excite
"'e" anu noise among the Arabs. You know The c,,n.
are RAISED here M, by The assistance Of rains blu, nv ,h
irrigation and absorption from the Nile No marital
eyp' cultivated but the land that lie. immedia,0lv q,
' 'e' no" The little canals made ateaIy from i, ,o
.a"y me water some short distance. There Ar. No
'' streams OF springs. After leaving thai po,,i,,
" la"d annually enriched BY the overhowiuq of m.
Me, commences the great Sea Of Sand and in son.
places, the Desert approaches The very banks ot ,hs -,
en- on 'hs alluyal irrigated ,oil three b.
produced In the year. Wheat is sown abou, this lin.
oi The year and harvested in April or Nav The,
crop oil beans are sown, and then Indian corn sown
broadcast and never worked and the corn of course j.
shs'i' however fertile may be the land. In lower F.
eypt these are the principal crops, with some rice; bot
" 'ne upper country. some cotton, sugar cane and To-
bacco raised
Our descent ofthe Nile not without some ,,.,
esi, and IN reality little amusing. Our Droco,
proved so ia'lhless and disguised cheat in every r,n
action, we were frccd dismiss him before 10, VIM,
aro' and not finding another that would 90 to Ale.an
ora Tor reasonable price, we concluded 10 do ou,
own Cooking. which by the way, was not very ex,sn,
s'e and We made out very well lung as The siock If
provisions we starred with lasted But on the evening"
oil The second day our coffee gave ou and in wha, man,
her 10 repensh was aquandary, being able to prv
. g ~,
OF all our bread gave ell as the rce aud a,
The wind and weather were against u.s. we had wo
more days in prospect before reaching Alexandria It
is true we might have gotten what these Arabs call
bread, which Is large thin cake almost as black as thu
earth, appearing Ia be composed Of coarse brand How
ever, We could mol be ,eeoncied cal this and we had
nothing left Of our store bni lle sugar and some men,
per and salt which though good as Condiments 10 o,bs,
eaiablss would make but ndlferen, fare by lbemsevs.
We once sopped about dark a dtsoale lookno mud
village 10 try 10 get lille coffee already mad. i,
which we succeeded, hut it seasoned with onions
which IN their pure state great vores of mine
and alter que sip let anne. 81 we had to rely up,n
lew eggs and dates as nuorsmrni for two DAYS and
hah we We're AFRAID 10 send our boa men out 70, apDc
'or they are So lrifng there would be no knowing wn.,
|" hook Tor then return, which would have caused ds,
lay 'hai would have made matters worse. Time hung
very heaslly-the wind was often much ae ainst Us
we would nave 10 siop--and then would 90 TO some
ol 'hr lhlle mud villages 10 see the nali.es-bu, We
eehefaly i"nnd ourselves greater cuusilies 10 them
'hah they were Ia u.s. The Whole population would
s'on be IN an upoar. and men, and children n
medIaie'y surround US, and inspect us with marked
signs oi ""hder and asionlshment--and their squad
welched dirty APPEARANCE aud the nosone od,ur from
the surrounding unceanliness would soon max. no b,
ten Tercat. Sometimes the boa,men with rope.
would walk along the blnk and tow the boat, We =,
length, however, arrived safely here aud FASTENED h,
our ho'e and you will readily Imagine the fri thing
ordered.
We have been here several days awaiiag tie sailing
of The steamer for Malta, which goes Lnl orce month;
and assure you, though much disappointed in moi be.
ing able To "crss the Jordan" the idea Thai we ae
''homeward bound" is quite transporting The day va
lett The Pyramids just twelve months from tie Inns
we sailed from America, and though aIe sll SO
lar from home aud pr,b baby will he sane twelve
months ere We mach H. as tur faces ulmd lla
way ONE seems nearer than it ever las since LEFT
;yes, ard ii dearer lco. We have lev nav
elrd through the most beautiful and lrile countries IN
the conlinen, Of Enrore and much Of the East and
can say in sincerity, that the wandering notion oncs
entertained that there a better country than Aue.
CT. has entirely vanished.
Alexandria has no attractions to interest stranger
long II is said, however. to be improving. They are
no" erecting nice orli6caiion around it, The ha>
6our filled with vessels from all countries except
own There was enc here from Boston which sailed a l
lie" days before our arrival. NIahammed Ali presented
the Captain before his departure with an interesting
group Of satuay thai had lately been found in the oxra-
valions going IN search FOR relicts of antiquity Tins
morning attended church al The .'BrltIsh Chanel Il
Tar go where you may, you find the English and a !
British Chapel" The sermon was short bur quite l
good one. The congregation smallbul eight la. Il
dies including myself and sister. Tie llie birds
flying abon, IN the church during service. They ara
tame as In frequent dwelling houses, and great
taken not 10 modest Them. There is Likewise Calho-
lie Chuich in Alexandria which is much attended by II
Europeans and many Egyptians. The descendants II r
the ancient Egyptians, or C'p's as they are ternfd'
are many of them Christians. This u people ara
now comparatively few. The A abs are the most ud. i
mero"s population. though The Turks the ruling Pea
pie IN Egypt From church we walked home which y
is very uncommon for ladies' in this counry-y you al
ways see them mounted a donkey in their passing /
through the streets excursions about the city, WIN
The universal accompaniment Of donkey boy TO eacn
donkey with his long whip, making much noise as
pssble. The dinners here throughout the East. are
at 2. The fare is quite lish-soup, two dshes
ut meat with supply OF vegetables For dese''
to-day we had bananas flied in butter with sugar and