Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-26
D O n ES TIC.
CoFscP0n d,nce ofthe .\t,e York Observer.
A FEMALE LEDYARD PERSIA
LETTER FROM THE REV ]. PERKINS.

and entirely unattended except nv = Koo-lisb
HGeteer- moment afterwards another native came
WITH the additional statement, .-ihe lady is dressed in
f-og'ish cihhes aud says,n your language will YOU give
me a little WAFER -
Dr. Wright, whose curiosity and establishment c,pM
hardly BE- otherwise Than highly excited by the announce
ment Of lady in European costume, sneakino Enc
l.l, IN the street. night and unattended ia this re
nue and ba barous land. where the appearance of Eu
r"ran man IS thing If very occurrence soon had
"ccniar proof ct Wha his reluctant To admit
iona file European lady standing before him. hav-
,ng a'eiter firm Ar. Stocking from an acuuain ance of
his at Mosnl, winch introduced us to Madame Pf.if
fer, ct enna vino had p-rfrned the circuit Of the
world thus far, alone, and fastening towards
her home.
Who then is Madam Pieiff+r? She is German lady.
fifty yeats old, o great Intelligence and perfect ac-
"mp'<aman's and to appearance thoroughly sane on
every sufaci uulss be her sye Of travelling which is
a least some what peculiar
Madame pir ffrr, leaving her husband AMI her two
sons Tore IT hem an off o. government and the other
st alb at two years aIo started her around
Ih- world An aned gentleman of her acquaintance ac-
compared her fl; some lint, but finding that she was
.hgei Ia pri ct him instead Of his protecting her, she
lief him AMI pTnroeied alone.
Fr m Europe MldamA Ptelffer went u Brazil where
she admired The brilliant wers and the magnificent for
than almost thing else thai she las SEEM
AID whe'e 81 very near being murdered by black
rnlin vino attempted rob her She still carries sears
f the wounds thea received. but with evident
defence. when several persons provdeniay to her
rescue.
She had Intended % cross the continent from Rio to
the Pasifc Ore5n; hut finding things in dsnrdered
state admit If il, she took passage sailing vessel
at Rio in which she doubled Cape Horn and went to
Chill; and after short stay Valparaiso she took pas
-aae in another vessel FIR Tahiti, where she made an a.
areeabe visit. among the mementos Of which she has
Queen POmare's autograph.
From Iahiil 1ur heroine traveller proceeded to China,
avi-i f.c e,
foreigners mingllnI socially with the missionaries there
HON she men ms famarly BY name, as DIR. Bridge
man. DIR. Ball. Mr.. Gutzaf, SC, the autograph ofthe
last named she has in Chinese One of the strongest
impressions which she have brought from the
celestial empire" is the imminent insecurity of foreign
trS Canton.
From China. Madam Pfeifer vert to Calcutta; and
from that city travelled overland Blush India to
b'nbay. passing through great variety of incidents and
adventures the way. and holding much pleasant inter
win Protestant missionaries hough herself born
and rduclted Cathalic) various stations and of diff
terent nations.
From Bombay Madame P. went in a steamer 10 Bus
sorah and thence another steamer to Bagdad and from
Bagdad she travelled in company with up
M,su memento Of which place she has sou ptu-
e Iire OF the hlnn hel |, taken from The ruins of
cient ->neveh. From Mosul she crossed the frmida-
bic koords mountains 10 Oromiah, a caravan journey
uiweve days Out rroacted in her case. by tedious
delays. to twenty days. III company with koordish
ue.rer, a route Of gea exposure humanity sp ak
Jag, than any other she has travelled, during her circuit
oithe world.
After visit of one day with Us. Madame Plefrr has
tened towards abreez intending to 90 thence through
Georgia Tiff and thence the Caucasus through
European Russia 10 Vienna hoping TO reach her home
ahuitIhe. first 81 NoyeuheI,...~ 80 -
during many paris Of her tour, invest it with the most
romanc and thrilling interest Think for instance ia
her passage across the wild KooTdisl mountains of
savage X ord, pointing Tie aSsel on the Turkish fez
(cap) she to which he took fancy and demand
ING it other hy The significant gesture of drawing his
hand across his lhroat-m aning of course give me
lie asse yOn value your head;' and she in turn re-
polling the deuand by gestures, unable speak him
word orally, in any language he could undersiand--
Through many such adventures she made her way safely
TO OToomiah. rarryirg about her person large of
money (by accidental necessity rather than choce
the wild regions OF kuoriistan manner which seems
10 truly marvellous Her practical never be-
tray fear; and To her strict adherence 10 that she ex
presses herself as greatly Indebted for her in
travelling.
On line read Madame Pfiifftr in these regions wears
The large veil, conceang of The person, which is
COMMONLY worn here by native females when they 90
abr1a and rides asrdp, they also ride but her other
garments. (wh the exception Of the Turkish cap above
namely Suf GENTLY European in appearance 10 dis
Tin -uish her from natives. Her language on the way
IN these lands is wholly the language of signs dictated
ny receSSllv, AMI which she often have made
very EXPRESSIVE. On The last days de before reaching
Oron,ish. for instance the stage being two ordinary
stages and the mnleeer at nne Time, proposing halt
Ill The next day. she would her head upon her hand
as embematca Of sleep.and repeat Oroomah and when
the mnleee from regard 10 his tired horses sill insisted
on'hang she added her gestures and the obsti
nae k1ord hear. according his statement. was then
l-r-ssrbiy sublned-so much that he went prompt
ly and ci.,e-fuy.
Her h lpleSsaeSs and Dependence on well known prin
clpe>. did much duuhiltsS, win for her kind
ness, AIMING the bio dy koords and ward off danger.
Nadine = has, however intrinsic elements of good
traveller. Though she had ridden the dav she reach
ed Oroomah. almost ncessanty, from O'Clock A. Nj.
I'LL eight clock T. NJ. at The wearsome rate Of a
over very dry, hot dusty region, distance of
Sky miles still on her arrival she seemed little tired
bnoyant and cheerful a lark (Which is probably
her habnal emperament) and was quite really the next
day he only day she stopped with US to take plasure
ride On Nj SER
Madame Ptefer occupies ut a single horse on her
urneyher small trunk be ng sun one side of he an
Inal ana her scany bed the other and she riding be-
tween Them Her fare the road moreover is extreme
ly slmpe-cunsSng Of little than bread and milk
"a regimen not more convenient 20 the traveller, the
sc're OF 'c1noni. than Conducive she says TO her
health, aud certainly to her security 70 those who NAV
be cns in regard 10 the expenses other tour round the
world may renea her statement, thai she had expen-
ded, when here. just about one thousand dollars
passion for travel is The ruling motive that carries
Madame Peiier chreitu!y and courageouSv through
all her manifold hardshipS and perls. She however
mas minor ooecis makes large collections of insects and
H'"eIs She Is already author of some celebrity
having published work Iceland and another on
"yra and the Eoy Land the fruits of her earlier travel
and the c"nuS notes and Observations hch she is max
ing during her tour ar iund the globe WILL of course in
Inc I HI. frtya 81,