Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-05-28

looking ON the garden, and completely en-;
powered III towering vines. The only rooms
are the dining hall, with cushioned divans on
each side and drapery of the Austrian col
ofS at the end and my apartment. which
oVerlooks small garden-court, wherein two
large oStrlches pace up and down, and a COM
pany OF Wild geese and wild swine make con-
unual discord. The court at the entrance
communicates with the stables which con-
tain the ConsuPs horses-a white steed Of
the pure Arabian blood of Nediid, and the
red stallion / ride, which was sent hv the
hlng OF Dar-Eur to Latif pasha. and Dre-
sented by him to the Consul \ heqia. or
trained dromedary, of unusual size. stands
III the court, and Il tame li0ncss is tied to q
stake IN the corner. She is a beautiful and
powerful beast, and | never pass her without
taking her head between my knees. or stro-
king her tawny hide till she rubs against me
like cat and licks my hand.
Passing through Il side-door into the car
den, we came upon whole menarerie of
ANIMALS. Under the long arbors. covered
with luXurlant grape-yincs, stand two surlv
hIenaS, wild ASS from the mountains of the
Aibara and an Abyssiuian mule. \ tall mar.
I'D 'ut, "a bird OF the crane species, with a
Poucl-biIl,) stalks about the garden. occl-
Sionally bending hinge in the middle of his
that he uses half Of them for a seat. Adj
Joining the stable is large shecp-vard.
IN which are gathered together gazrllcs.
strange varieties of sheep and goats from the
countries Of the White Nile, virgin-crane and
large 6HtIop2fs ieHroJyr. from kordof;ln
with curved horns four feet in length. Nv
laNorite, however, IS the leopard. which is
most playful and affcctionata creature. ex-
cept 1T mealtimo. He Is not more than half
grown, and has all the wiles OF an Intelligent
kitten, climbing his post and springing upon
me, or creeping up sIvlv and sciZinn my
ancle IN his mouth. The garden. which Is
"atered by well and string Of buckets turn
ed by an OK, has rich variety of fruit trees.
The grape season is just over, though had
lew lunches yesterday; frs are ripeninm
from day to day, oranges and lemons are in
lFuit ana iioWcr, bananas blooming for anoth-
er crop, and the pomcgranate and crealn-fruit
n variety Of the Mexican chuimoga) hang
heavy on the franchcs. There is also plan
tatlon Of date-trces and Su@ar-canc. and
number OF ornamental shrubs, few Of which
are at pres ant In blossom
There is no plan whatever in the dispo-
sltl0n of the buildings. Each man surrounds
las property with Il mud wall, regardless of
Its location with respect to others and in going
from one point to another one is obliged to
make the most pcTploXing Zi@zags. | rarely
venture tar on foot, is | soon become be-
Wiidercd IN the labyrinth OF blank walls.
When mounted ou the Cunsul's tallest drome-
Diary, | look down on the roofs of the native
houses, and can take my bearings without
difficulty. All the mysteries of the lower
lie of kh3T0ums are revealed To me- from
such Il lofty post. On each side look into
p"nt yards where the miserable Arab and
Negro families lazily bask in the sun during
the day, or into the filthy nest where they
crawl at night. The swarns of children
which they breed in these dens sit naked in
the dust, playing with vile yellow dogs, and
sometimes = lean burdcn-camel stands in the
corner. The only furniture TO be seen is Il
water-skin, Il toW pots and jars, Il basket or
two, and sometimes an 0naRgcb, or coarse
wooden frame covered with netting of ropes.
and serving as seat and bed. Nearly half
the population of the place are slaves,
brought from the mountains above Fazagl, or
from the land Of the Dinkas, ON the White
Nile. Ones conmiSeratiun of these dc@ra-
dcd races is almost overcome by his disgust
with their appearance and habits, and
found even the waste plain that stretches to-
wards SEMINAR relief after threading the
lanes OF the quarters where they live.
Notwithstanding the nature of its popula-
ton, khartoum is kept commendablY neat
and clean. 1t will be 4 lucky day for Rome
and Florence when their streets exhibit no
more filth than those of this African city.
The bazaars only, are swept every morning,
but the wind performs this Office for the re
mainder Of the streets. The yoag, or market,
Is held IN Il free space, opening upon the IN
land plain, where the country people bring
their sheep, fowls, camels, dOurra. vegetables
and other common products. The slaugtel
ing of animals takes place every morning on
the banks of the Blue Nile, east Of the city,
which is thus entirely free from the etf1uvia
arising therefrom liere the sheep, COWS,
goats and camcls are killed. skinned and
Quartered in the open air, and it is no unusual
thing to see thirty or forty butchers at work
on many different animals, each surround
ed by an attendant group Of vultures, hawks,
cranes, crows and other carnivorous birds.
They are never molestcd by the people, and
we sometimes ride through thousands Of
them, which have so gorgcd themselves that
they scarcely take the trouble to move out of
our way.
The place labors under the disadvantage of
being the most unhealthy part OF one of the
most unhealthy regions in tho world.
From the southern frontier of Nubia, where
the tropical rains begin to fall, to the table
land of Abyssinia on the south, as far up the
White Nile as has yet been explored, Soudan
is devastated by teyers of the most malignant
character. The summers are fatal to at least
one-half of the Turks, Egyptians and Eu-
ropeans who make their residence here, and
the natives themselves, though the mortality
is not SO great among them, rarely pass
through the year without an attack of fever.
We have now the most healthy part of the
year, and yet of all the persons see, three
tourths are complaining of some derangc-
ment of the system. The military hospital,
which | visited, is filled with cases Of fever,
dysentery and smallpox.