Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-11

and no fruit worthy of the damsel
could be procured nearer than Mo-
rocco. The losermounted his heirie
at dawning, sped him away TO Mo-
rocco, q hundred miles from NIGGA
dore, bagged the desired oranges,
and returned home that very night;
but loo late 70 pass, fo. the gates
were shut. '1he beauty, however,
was not disappointed; for the gallant
Arab made a friend of ons of the
! batteries, who conveyed the golden
fruit TO the charming expectant. And
here the story ends, and it is well
that it does SO. The natural hope Of
plodding Europeans is, that they
were married, and lived long and
happily: but then comes the painful
truth. Beauty, which in our north
ern chimes endures long in rich ripe
ness, is in Arabia as fleeting as one
of its own flowers. Nothing, we
are told, exceeds the prettiness Of an
Arab girl, but the hideous--ycs, that
| is the gallant travellers word-tbc
hideous ugliness Of the old women.
"Train up child in the way he
should co." and, acting upon this
principle, the camel-drivers in some
| parts of Africa-Senegal, for in
stancc--werc wont, soon after the
birth of young camel, to tie its feet
under its belly, throw large cloth
ever its back, and place heavy stones
upon each of the corners of the cloth
that restod on the ground. Thus
did the Moors accustom the animal
TO receive the loads which it was des-
tined to carry through life of labor,
generally prolonged to twenty years.
Females, indeed, and such fortunate
male as are exempt from work, are
! said 10 hive for twenty-five or even
for thirty years. The European
mode of training is not commenced
I'LL the camel has attained the age Of
four wears, when iie trainers first
double up one Of his fore legs, which
they bind fast with cord; this they
pull, and thus compel the trained 10
come down upon his bent knee. But
all pupils are not equally docilc; and
if this method should fail, as it some
times does, bothlegs are tied up, and
the camel falls upon both knees, and
on the cal'osity which protects the
breast, This operation is often ac-
companied by cry and q slight ap-
plication Of the whip from the train
er; and. by degrees, the animal learns
at last to lie down upon lis belly,
with its legs doubled under it, at the
welEremerabered cry and blow, ac-
compan:ed by a jerk of its halter
Having attained so much obedience,
the trainer proceeds tn place 2 pac!l.
saddle ON the creatures back
When II is accustomed to this appen-
dage, alight load is put on, and grad
ualiy increased till it reaches the
maximum. which, is generally under
stood to be fourteen killogrammes, or
above eight hundred pounds, for a
full-grown camel 34o ~
T REMNANTS OF POPULAR Errors
IN EsGLAND.--The leases are made
for nine hundred and n;nety-nine
years, because lease for one thou
sand years would create freehold.
That deeds executed on Sunday
are vain. That in order TO disinherit
an heir at law il is necessary to give
him shilling by the will, for that
otherwise he would be entitled TO the
whole property. That a funeral
passing over any place makes it a
public highway. That The body ola
debtor may be taken in execution
after his death. That man marry
ing a woman who is in debt, if he
take her from the hands Of the priest,
! clothed only in single under-gar-
ment, will not be liable for her en-
gagements. That those who are
born at sea belong to Stepney parish.
i hat second cousins maynot marry,
though first cousins may. That a
/ husband has the power of divorcing
his wife by selling her in open mar
I ket, with a halter round her neck.
I That a woman's marrying man
under the gallows will save him from
execution. Thatif a criminal has
been hung, and reyives, he. cannot
i'ufterwards be executed. That the
owners Of asses are obliged to crop
the ears of those animals, lest the
length of them should frighten the
horses. These and some other falla-
cics' equally absurd are yet fully be-
lIevedin by many.
| IIIONABLE FALL. AND
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