Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-07-16
Whole No. S49.
From Schrbedel S Sketches of Travel.
The Slave Market nj Cairo.

n Next we made our way TO one OF the
numerous slave markets. IL was de-
signed in The usual way-a large court
set round with balconied chambers,
which were the divans OF the sellers
their stock in trade being rongsd about
in groups, like show Of cattle. ] have
seen, suppose, about half dozen slave
markets in the East, and each time with
increased Indignation. On this occn.
sion we were conducted To some privn'e
rooms, aud saw Two or three miserable
Nubiau girls, recently captured, aPpar-
emily, aud in The most helpless ignorance
OF their fate. Their owner, l think, pos
sessed the most thoroughly heartless and
scnundre exurrssion ever saw IN man;
he treated the wretches with the most
revolving levily, and shrunk from The
very atmosphere Of the villain with
feeling OF horror. ! saw one female slave,
! whom a glimpse only was sufficient 10
| persuade me was beautiful. She was
IN further chamber, The door Of which
was opened perhaps by mistake. She
had tn or silver plates upon her wrists
and ankles, and short robe bound
round lhe waist her long hair hong
/ over her shoulders and her complexion
like The beautiful quadroons of New
| Orleans-an finally, swords ought TO
leap from their scsbbards and wave III
thousands ovet the villains Of infidrls and
slave traders. We made our escape
from the scene with the most cbivalrous
feelings, and vrluous resolutions never
To look TO another and renouDlIDg made
general tour Of the city.
1 TuE PynAMiDs The most incO,p-
prehenslbe thing to me is The manner
in which the builders OF the Pyramids
contrived To raise the immense bl"cksio 10
the summit. The topmost ones are 48o
feet 10 air, and their bulk rs tremendous.
Aud while we are now on the top tOgeth-
er, let us con over some Of The calcula-
tons by which travellers have aston-hed
their readers the different methods by
which they would convey to us proper
ideas OF the immensely. The largest
Pyramid The one upon which we stand.
is 800 feet square at the base j, there
fore covers an area Of $40 900 sq"nr"
feet, nearly fifteen acres. The heights
il var,onsly given, hut the average isn-
bout 480 feet, giving the solid contents
| st about l53 600, 600 cubic feet. One
! traveller tells us it would contain $500
chambers more than twenty feet square
each, and separated by partitions two
feet thick Another SAYS that all the
public buildings in Paris could be built
Of the stone contained IN the Pyramid OF
Cheops !
/ And then 10 reflect that three such
monuments Of nearly equal size, end
thirty others within what in AmJ'ca
we would call ne ghborhood, and oil Of
them enormous, though less than Cheops
to reflect that they are IN an open
plain, in which scarcely a stone can be
found the rock upon which they stand
is completely buried in sand, and the
citadel cliff of Cairo is the only rock en-
inence the eye can find in 'he whole
view. One would think the entire coun-
try had been drained Of stone for their
/ construction. But we know that distant
quarries supplied the material, and on
The authority Of Herodolus and his in.
formers, the priests of the Egyptian
temples, we know that ten years were
empoyed in constructing a caUseway ny
which the stone was conveyed 10 the
spot.
/ A TURKISH BATH AT SMYRNA.--We
entered a circular hall with a domed
ceiling, under which a fountain played
around the walls ranged oitomans and
couches We undressed, were wrap
ned IN cotton shawls and robes, a pair OF
wooden slippers was adjusted TO our feet,
and we were thus led off, each by naked
and nous, ached Turk We were con-
! Quoted into second domed chsmber,
! lighted from little glass openings noo'e,
with a marble platform IN the m,ds', aho
hot steam for atmosphere. we were
laid out on the marble table, and our
'b.,h.rs went TO work, kneading, pinch
~, ,,.u"uug anu cracking JOINTS TOT
five minutes. was then led into an
inner chamber, corresponding with the
Others. where the steam was twice as
hot, and finally TO Il little vaulted closet
adjoining, where lay at the loot "'
"A f6untain of tepld wnier. MY iormen-
iI,or armed himself with camePs hair
glove. within which he placed cake oi
4 He then deluged ne from the fountain !,
and having thus rinsed me, J was IN
vested in fresh robes, aud permitted TO
islapper back INTO the frs, room ] Was
Ihted upon the ottoman, and lay along
SIDE my disguised friend, who with ha
chlbouaue and closed eyes, looked me
dream ot dreams. A cup ol coffee was
pu, q, nv side ,anda lighted ch'honqne IN
inv hand, and Ia, hall MI hour d"znR
with the most ineflably delightful sensa :
Itions Nhen dressed, ieli could skip
over the moon.
APrRoAcu TO JERUsaLEM. For The
first time ~ my lle, believe, ] was
positively cruel to a iour-'oo'ed create"
belaborcd the poor Iackass with my
cane & cuiIcd s. kicked him 50 ruthless
INV. ,ha, We dashed uu the rocks as ih"uph
InlI would be upon thistle down "A
SOLITARY hui stood upon The '"p, "ro""n
which the path wound suddenly. and "s
uu clear al few hg trees saw