Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-11-02
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Observer.
A Female Lcdyard I'm Persia.

ORooMrAH, Persia, Aug. 5, ls4s.

our mission premises was soon followed by the
quick step OF a native, who came to DR.
Wrignt with the statement that there stood in
the street a woman, who knew no language
and was entirely unattended, except by Koor
dish mueteer. A moment afierward another
native came with the additional statement
~ the lady is dressed in English clothes, and
says, IN your language, will you give Inc Q
little water!'" "
\ DIR. Wright, whose asionishmeri and curios
| ity could hardly be otherwise than highly excl
ted, by the announcement Of lady in Euro.
pean costume, speaking English, in the street
at night, and unattended, in this remote bar
barous land, where The appearance Of Euro
pean man is a thing of yery rare occurrence,
soon had ocular proof of what his ears we're SC
reluctant to admt-a bona-ide European lad y
standing before him, having letter for Mr
| Stocking from an acquaintance Of his at Mosul
which introduced TO us Madame Pieifier, Of Vi
enna, who had performed the circuit Of the
world, thus far, alone, and .aa now Fastening
toward her home.
\ Who then is Madame Pfeierl She Is q
German lady, fifty years old, of great intelli-
gence and most perfect omplishments, and
10 appearance thoroughly sane on every sub
lect unless il be her style of travelling, which
is at least somewhat peculiar.
Madame Piefer, leaving her husband and
.ss two sons, Zone of them an officer of gov
ernment and the other an artist,) about two
wears ago started on her tour around the world.
An aged gentleman of her acquaintance ac-
companied her Tor some time, but finding that
she was obliged to project him instead OF
him protecting her, she left him and proceed
ed alone.
From Europe Madame Pfeilier went 70 Bra
zl, where she admired the brilliant flowers and
the magnificent forests moIe than almost any
Thing else that she saw, an q where she came
very near being murdered by black rutfian,
who attempted 10 rob her She still carries
scars of the wounds then received, but states
/ " ith evident satisfaction, that she had cut Oft
.tfee of his fingers in seifdeience, when sev-
era! persons provdentially came to her rescue
She had intended to have crossed the cont.
nent, from Rio to the Pacific Ocean but find.
iI- thngs in toe disordered a state to admit of
it, che took passage in sailing vessel at Rio,
in which she doubled Cape Horn and went TO
Chill and af.er short stay at Valparaiso, she
took passage in another vessel for Tahiti,
where she made an agreeable visit, among the
memcntos Of which she has Queen PonIare .
autograph
From T-hiti our heroine traveller proceeded
to Chiaa, where she visited several of the
points most accessible to foreigners, mingling
socially with the missionaries there, whom she
mentions familiarly by the name, as DR..
Bridgeman, DR.. Ball. Mr.. Butzlaff &c, the
autograph Of the last ramed she has in Chi
nese One Of the strongest impressions which
she seems to have brought from the " celestial
empire is the imminent insecurity of foreign
ers at Canton.
| From China Madame Pfcitfcr went to CAL
cutta and from that city travelled overland,
across British India, to Bombay, passing
through a great variety of incidents andadven-
lures on the way, and holding much pleasant
intercourse with Protestant missionaries,
(though herself born and educated a Catho.
lic,) at various stations and OF different ma
tionp.
From Bombay Madame P. went in steam
er to Rossorah and thence in another steam
er to Bagdad and from Bagdad she travelled
in company with a caravan up to Mosul, as a
meDento Of which place she has a sculptured
figure Of the human head, taken from the ruins
Of ancient Nnevah. From Mosul she crossed
the formidable Koordish mountains to Groom.
iah, a caravan journey Of twelve days, (but
protracted in her case, by tedious delays, to
twenty days,) in company with koordish
muleteer, on route of greater exposure, hu-
namely speaking, than any other she has
travelled, during her circuit of the world.
After visit Of one day with us, Madame
Pfeitfer hagtencd on towards Tabreez, intend
ing to 60 hence through Georgia TO Tifis, and
thence across the Caucasus, through European
Russia, to Vienna. hoping TO reach her home
about the lst of November.
The adventurous circumstances of Madame
Pieiffer, during many parts of her tour, invest
it with the most romantic and thrilling inter-
est. Think, for instance, in her passage across
the WI koordsh mountains, of a savage
koord, pointing to her tc3sel on the Turkish
tez (cap) she wore, to which he took fancy,
and demanding IT Of her by the significant ges.
ture Of drawing his hand across his throat
meaning, Of course, Give me the tassel as
YOU value your head - and she in turn repel
/ ling the demand by gesture, unable to speak
to him word orally, in any language he could
understand. Through many such adventures
she made her way safely to Oroomiah, carry
l ing about hei person large sum of money,
over the wild regions of X Koordistan, in a man
ner which seems to us truly marvellous. Her
practical motto is, never brtray fear; and to
| her strict adherence to that>she expresses her
self az greatly indebted for her success in trav.
elling.
| On the road Madame PfeiiIer in these re-
gions wears the large veil, conccaling most OF
the person, which is commonly worn here by
native females, when they 90 abroad, and rides
as,ride, as they also ride, hut her other gar
ments, with the exception Of the Turkish cap
above named) are sufficiently European in APP
pearance to distinguish her from natives. Her
language, on the way, in these lands, is who'll
ly the language Of signs, dictated by necessity,
and which she seems often to have made very
expressive. On the last days ride, before
reaching Oroomlah, for instance, the stage be-
ing two ordinary stages, and the muleteer, at
one time Proposing to halt tall the next day,
she would rest her head upon her hand as
emblema. cal Of sleep, and repeat Oroomiah
and when the muleleer, from regard 20 his
tired horses still insisted on hating, she added
tears to her gestures; and the obstinate
hoU:d's heart, according to his own ate
ment, was then lrresstably suhdued-so much
50 that he went on promptly and cheeriully.
/ lice helplessness and dependence, on well
know principles, did much, doubtless at once
to win for her kindness, among the bloody
koords, and ward of danger. Madame +.
has, however, intrinsic elements of Il good
traveller. Though she had ridden on the day
she reached OrOomlah, almost necessarily from
| o'clock A. 81. I'LL 3 o'clock, p. NJ. at the
wearisome rate OF caravan, over dry, hot,
dusty region, a distance Of near sixty miles.
still on her arrival she seemed little tred-was
buoyant aud cheerful as a lark, (Which is pro-
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