New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-03

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woodep cooking bowl Of thu roi'- ne VIM oa
| rod II, ,apidlv towards the opposite sno'e' "".
,,bIe All and Lalee were trying 10 Tx 'uo o'i IA
..rIao. va heard the water roaring over the
ta q Prophet!" go Apostle Prophet
r. cd helm u.s." we're the excamations oil the
y. k,,t little black Med Roomo, who sat at the
| h.In, like Charlemagne on similar occasion
,s;d nothing. He looked keenly through the
,loom for the reef and at last dscerned it in time
for the boat to be scuIled around with the remain
ing oar. and broug ht to land just above the dan
gerous point. A shpwreck IN the Nile Is more
serious matter thar one would imagine who has
never seen the river during strong wind. Its
waves run as roughly and roar as loudly as
smaller sea.
We reached Sebosa during the night, and
walked up to the temple as soon as rose. Early
as it was, several Arabs deserted me from dis
tanee, and followed. The temple, which is small
and uninteresting is almost buried under drifts
from the desert, which completely fill its interior
chambers. Only the portico and court, with three
pillars on each side, to which colossal caryatIdes
are attached, remain visible. Before the pylon
there is an avenue of loin-headed sphinxes, SIX OF
which, and a colossal statue Of sandstone, raise
their heads above the sand. was followed to the
vessel by the men, who importuned me for back
shish Wber demanded what reason they had
for expecting it, they answered that all strangers
who 20 there give it to them. This was reason
enough for them: as they knew not why it was
given, so they knew not why it should be refused
The great crowd of travellers this winter has com
pletey spoiled the Barabras. | said to the men:
You have done nothing for me you are beggars,'
but instead of feeling the term reProach, they
answered.: "You are right-we are beggars."
With such people we can do nothing.
For the next tive days we Jagged along, against
a head wind. My two boys did the work of two
men, and stimulated them with presents of nut-
ten and tobacco. Three English boats, the last
Of the season. left Wad Halh three days before
me- and by nquiring at the village, found was
fast gaining on them. Ibegan to feel some curios-
ity concerning the worlds doings during the win
ter and as these Englishmen were at least three
months in advance Of the point where left OIL,
they became important objects to me, and the
chase of them grew exciting | prepared tor nay
encounter with them and other bslated travellers on
the Nile, by making an American flag out Of some
stuff which had bought for that purpose in Donso-
la The blue and white were English muslin, and
the red the woocn fabric of Barb4ry, bat they har-
monized WELL and my flag, though | say it that
shouldn't, was one of the hands0mest on the river.
The temple of Dierf Hossayn is eXcavated in
the rock near the summit Of hill behind the vii
lage. rough path, over heaps of stones, which
abound with fragments of pottery, denotlng the
existence of an ancient town, leads up to 1t.
When reached the platform in front OF the en-
trance he'd a convoy of more than Il dozen per-
sons mostly stout, able. bodied men. determined
to try an experiment and 80 told them at the start
to 60 back, for they would get nothing but they
were not to be shaken off. / avoided with the
greatest care and patience all their endeayors to
place under obligations to them for these cum
ming Barabras most assiduous in their efforts
to render some slight service. If it is only kick
ing stone out of your path, it constitutes claim
for backshish, and they represent their case in
such way that it would be the most glazing ill.,
gratitude on your part not to give it,
On entering the temple, the vast square pillars
of the hall, with the colossal figures attached to
them, produce a striking impression. The effect
the hall ITSELF is to increase its apparent dImen-
sions, so that the temple, at the first glance,
seems to be on grander scale than is really the
case. | had some curiosity regarding this place,
from the enthusiastic description of WarburtOn
and the dsparagng remarks of Wilkinson. After
seeing it, [ find them both correct, in great
measure. The colossal statues Of the grand hal
are truly, as the latter observes, clumsy and bad
" executed, and the sculptures on the walls are
unworthy the age Of Remeses; but it is also true
that their size, and the bulk of the six pillars,
which are lofty enough to be symmetrical, would
have a fine effect when Seen at night, by the
light of torches as WarburtOn saw them. All
the chambers have suffered from smoke and bats,
and the bgotry of the old Christians. The walls
are so black that 1t is difficult to trace out the fig
ures upon them. This, however, rather hight
ems the impression of grand, though uncouth
and barbarous art, whi n the temple suggests.
made but brief visit, and marched down the
hill with the population of DjeIf Hossayn in my
train The boat had gone ahead, as the only APP
proach to the shore was a mhe or two beyond,
but they insisted on folio wing me. ordered
them to leave, fearing lest the very fact of their
walking so far in the hot sun would induce me to
break nv resolution. 1t would have been, indeed,
satisfaction to give ten piasrers and be forced
from them. and took no little credit to myself
for persistiug in refusing them. They all dropped
off nj last. except two, who came almost to the
spot where the boat was moored, and only turned
hack because | was in advance and ordered the
raIs TO move on as soon as | got on board.
should like to know their opinion Of me. have
no doubt the people considered me the most ee-
centric Frank who ever came among them.
The next morning We reached kalabshee, and
bcCore sunrise was standing on the long stone
platform before the temple. The pylon OF he "n
sandstone rises grandly above the spacious portal,