The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-03-06
A Chinese UsuIcr

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/ Rare Antirathira are cuf-uus subjects flr rr.
flrc'lon The following extract from VI Hue
travels in the East IS anu-ingly suggr- I'VE ul Tie
inluuy why the people of .-racl were "su aLom
nation to the Egyp'nn-,' aud vd " Chinese.
man can spoil Tartar without ,ig slightest
/ cUnDuu, ton:
! On the second evening after or departure
fom Blue Town we encountered At an nu a We
~ singular pc.spnagr. We had Just lied our an
im1l' 10 "a mang-r under a shed ln lNr great
court, when = traveller made hs appearance
3 leading by halter lean raw Guu.d horse The
{ traveller wa- short, hut then b.s lotBudIty was
prudgou- He wore on his head a grcn; straw
htt thc hnppmg brim of which rested on hi,
shoulders; long sabre suspended from hi CIR
die presented an amusing contrast with tie peace.
/ tu JoyousHess Of hi- physiognomy. "Supcru;enl.
ent OF the souD kettle cried he as he entered
IS there room for me in your tavern e / have
but one travellers room.' answered tie iuu-ker p.
er ""nd three Sonhols, who hayer.st come To
occupy 1t; You can ask them il they viii make
room for you The traveller WaIdcd towards
US Peace and happiness unto yOu, Sirs Lamas
/ do you need the whole Of your room, nr can YOU
Accommodate met why noii We are all
travellers, and should serve one another
Words Of excellence You are Tartars; ! am
Chinese, yet, comprehendiug the claims Of hospi
taIIiN, You act apUn the truth, that ali men are
brothers. Hereupon, fastening his horse to a
manger, he joined US, and having deposited his
travelling bag upon the kang, stretched himself
mt full length, with the air Of man greatly ia
tigued. whittier are you bound asked We
are you going to buy up salt OF catsup for some
Chinese companyi No; | represent a great
Commercial house at Pekn, and am collecting
some debt, from the Tartars. Where arr You
goiugf We shall to-day pass the Yellow River
to lchagen kouren, and then journey westward
through the country Of tho Ortou,." "luu ave
not Mongols, apparrnlyf No; We are from
the West Well, il seems We are both Of one
trade; you ike myself are Tartar eaters I ar
tareaters - What do YOU mcann Why, We
eat the Tariars. ToV eat them by PRAYERS !
by commerce. And why not The Mun-us are
poor simp,etDns, and We may a, well get their
money as any body else You are nii~ta.en.-
Since We entered Tartary we have spent great
deal but we have never taken single speck from
the Iartars' Oh nonscnser = bat! DO You
suppose our baggage and our camcls came I, is
from tie M5ngolsf why, thought You cane
here to rocite Your prtyer-.' We entered jutD
s,me eXr l.na'iDu Of the difference between our
, prin tule, and those Of the Laras, f.r whom 'hc
traveller had mi,tlkru w., and he WIS a't0g.'h
er au. zed 90 our dsiH',rcs gGGc-s. Things are
quite the other way here ~aiI be-. You won't
get Lama u say PRAYERS fur nohng; and Ger
tliulN, as for me, | ,hou'd never set foot in Tar
tiry but fr the .ake Of money! But how is j.
you manage to make such good me'l, o' lie Tar
gar, fyopr iiaidsi. and he prdg-, we pix ihon
',""' d, L'frr article for the Irlce ih'- 10. s+-
whatever they see WI. - .ut1 cone INTO orr
towns thcy want and when We know who ''ry
are, aud where we can Gul ,hem, W. let them