Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-06-17

alarmed 10 The earth, TO avoid this burning
blast, which STILES every living being that is
bold enough 10 expose itself 10 il. The car
avans, which convey goods backwards and
forwards from Aleppo 10 Bagdad, and have
TO traverse these deserts, pay tribute 10 the
Arabs, who consider themselves as masters
Of these solitudes.
They have also to dread The suffocating
wind, the swarms Of locusts, and the want of
water, as soon as they leave the Euphrates.
A French traveller affirms that he was wit.
ness 10 scene, occasioned hy the want Of
water, the NEST terrible that can be imag-
ined Tor II man OF feeling. II was between
Anah aud Dryjeh. The iocus,s, after liiey
had slevoured everything, at last perished.-
The immense numbers OF dead locusIs, cor
rupted the pools from which, for want OF
springs, they were Obliged 10 draw water
The traveller observed Turk, who with de-
| spair in his coupteuaHce, ran down a hill, and
came towards him. Il am,' cried he, the
most unfortunate nun III the world. have
purchased, at a prodlgious expense, two hun
dred girls, the most beautiful OF Greece aud
! Georgia. | have educated them with care
and, now that they are marriageble, an
taking them TO Bagdad, TO sell them TO ad-
vantage. Alb, they perish in this desert fol
thirst; bui feel greater tortures than they.
The traveller ascended immediately the
hill dreadful spectacle here presented IT,
self TO him. In the midst Of twelve eunucbs
and about hundred camels, he saw these
beautiful girls, of the age OF twelve TO fifteen
stretched upon The ground, exposed TO the
torments of a burning thirst and inevitable
death. Some were already buried in q pit
which lai just been made; greater num-
Der had dropped down dead by the side of
their leaders, who had no more strength to
bury them. On all sides were heard the
sighs of The dying; and the cries of those
who, having stl some breath remaining. de-
| manded IN vain a drop Of water. The
French traveller hasrened 10 oIen his lantern
bottle, in wliicli there was still little water
| He was going 10 present II 10 one OF these
unhappy victims. .Madman' = cried his Ara
ban guide, .wouldst thou have us die from
hirst " lie imne Lately killed the glrl viii
an arrow, seized the bottle, aud threatened
to kill any one who should venture 10 loiIct
it. He advised the slave merchant 10 60 ic
Dryjeh, where he would find water. No,
repned the Turk, at Dryieh the robbers
would take uway all my slaves The Arat
dragged The traveller away. The moment
they were retiring, these unhappy victims
seeing The last ray oi hope vanish, raised d
dreadful cry. The Arab was moved with
compassion; he took one OF them, poured q
drop OF wafer OH her burning lips, and Sc
her on his camel, with the intention of max
lug his vile a present Of her. The poor gIr
tainted several times, when she passed the
bodies Of her companions, who had fallen
down dead on the way. Our travellers smal
stock of wafer was nearly exhausted, whel
they found fine well Of fresh and pure wa
ter (; but the rope was SO short, that The pal
would not reach the surface Of the water
They cut their cioaks in strips, tied them 10
gether, and drew up but little water al
time. because they lrembled at the idea Z
breaking their weak rope, and leaving the
pal in me we'll. AGer sucir IT. uSere, the
at last arrived al Tie first station in Syria.-
DR.. Burder's Oriental Customs.