The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-01-21
The Yankee Turned Turk. a

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Times who lately travelled In Egypt, rclAsrs
the following amusing inc ident ut Yankee
enterprise: rss, - .,.zn stn.,.
We soon found ourselves in the desert,
traversing seas Of sand. The weather was
exceedingly pleasant, and the heat ifotso
oppressive as we apprehcnded.s Wesshsd
an agreeable party, determined TO be pleas
ed with our journey and not to grumble at
whatever privations we encountered. Ear
" on the second day, after coming among
some ruins, and hearing in the night the
howl OF a solitary hyena, not Q very pDea-
SAINT sound, we saw at a distance what APP
peared to be shanty near small clnfhp Of
palm trees. 1t was rudely cohstructcdsof
rough boards, with an acknowledges
door, the whole looking like anything else
but Egyptian architecture; but it occurred
10 me that it might have been thus rudely
| thrown together as d shelter fot sdrans ex-
ploring the ruins in the neighbcrhood. In
front oi The door, Turk was seated. on q
bench smoking his pipe. lie looked like
an oasis in the desert. He had on cotton
trousers, sandals. and a turban, with an
yafidglidn stuck in red sash at HIS side,
! and against the side of his shanty rested i
long gun AS we approached, he rose up,
placed his hand TO his turban, and said in
Arabic, "Bash chalicr' shook haiids with
my dragoman and exchanged salutatinh
with the janizaries, who appeared to know
HIM. His hair, complexion, and manner
SauShed me that lie was not mussulrnan.
rode up 10 him: eh ' "'i'F" NFiN@*f9 \
| "IIallo.o f5H03 ~ seoq
"Iiallo 10 you'll" said he in good English.
Inc lone and manner in which he sroke,
! created suspicion that he was one IF M.
After shaking hands with him, lie looked
ihqiisitively at me and said &n4qe
"stranger, moughn't have seen ycn be-
fore:"
"Wherc?''
"Why in New York; ~
! 81 belong there; but where do you como
from 90 -,
81 traded in sloop from Stonineton 10
New York, am right sartin I've seen you
Often E'1
SPRAY wha. are you doing here in this
barren and isolated spot 20 =. 8nv
81 keep this hotels vs,,A q f.,,,
"Hotclw
eyes, sir nothing else 1t isn't the As.
tor house; But entertain man and beast
travelling from the Red Sea. They reckon
sometimes 10 stop the night with me and
get Il cup Of coffee and chicken now and
then: and pipe.'
| Where will the enterprise Of the univcr-
sal yankee natioai end in what part Of tho
world viii they not be a-e,.ss s,a sgs
"liu', my friend, what originally brought
you here :" 800
81 went up to the second cataract OF the
Nile to icok after two.honcd rhinCceros
for Juno. Titus, Angevine, & Co.'s menase-
rie, but ] couldn't get the tarncl Greater;
they wouldn't sell him for no price. So l
resolved TO step here while and keep Ia
vcrn." . sfr.a ~ Il l'oT
SIS there great deal Of travelling on
this route 20
"Quite considerable. reckon this 70 10
mighty country yet for II ade frcm India.
They bring considerable gobds across, and
when wc-gct cur raillCad-'' Ua ,rifY 70
"RailroaIt'
"Saltain, sir. The read has been cxplor-
cd and this ist be the depot, and I'm 10 be
the accnt--so leftcnanr Waebothc says;
and when we get our locomotive, We shall
streak it from Cairo 10 the Red Sea in six
hours Won't scare the lions, hycnus,
and other vannints away with that ere
whistle ~ So saying he set up a whistle rs
LOUD as the locomotives evidently showing
that he had been practising. ,.F5 1.f
"Slfanscr, wont four Company stop for
breakfast 80
which was agreed 10. aud we ruled of our
donkcys and fastened our camels. Josh
Hudson ior learned that was his Dame)
brought out large wooden mortar, into
which he cmptCd somc toasted Mocha cot.
fee, which nc pounded fine and boiled in n
TIN Kettle over charcoal furnace, and ser
we'd it up to us as i've sat Under the palm
trees, with SCme eggs. quite comfortably.
We Filed our pipes and locked around 1t
the baroness hich met our eyes in every
direction. At distance there were some
mounds, some broken Fragments of marble,
mere ana there re mains Of tCfnbs and build
ings, denohhg that a some time il had been
a place 81 note. Josh hustled about md
hilcd the pipes with sweet tobacco. vsA
"Monsh'n't !on like to buy mummy ?"
he inquired:
"Why, do YOU deal in antiquities, nv
friend - .. ..t.y 4ul nii'g sllf'.-'
"Occasionly. I've got mummy. And
Ibis. and some glass beads, which / tocl,
from tomb about o mile off; but the hcosfs
in the nciGhborliood are troub,esoriic mid /
dare not venture often" 'N
well, landlord, what'st 10 nav P,' ~
Josh reckoned the amount on the tts Of
his fingers, which came TO a Spanisl, l5llar,
which we paid with great shcerfulness, and
shook hands with him Of, cur departure. ~
As Dr. Pangloss says in the play, "thc
human mind naturally looks fors ard !" this
enterprsiug man. no doubt aware that the
overland route 10 India would soon BE cs-
tablishcd and that great traffic and ccia.
merce would grow out Of this new enter
prise, was determined 10 take his position
in time; and SO commenced sguatiihs on
a spot in central position, 10 Be ready 10
take advantage Of travelling, and also The
trade IN trdnsitu, and have f,o,,npoly on
his position. There is sts, enough In the
neighborhood." said he, ssto build smart
hotel; am! when can get hands IN shurely
put tur." l'Ie'T
This was once the great hishway II ma.
tons, when the commerce OF india poured
IL wealth into the Mediterranean, when Inc
gold Of Ophir was brought TO enrich the col.
Vers OF King Solomon when the whole rout
was one Continuous line of noble cities, -FOUR
isains villages cultivated fields, and enter
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