New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-02
BAYARD TAYLoa's LErTERs
LXXIX.
LANIX.
The Bsushy-Cars Csaeisded-fnders'
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mar without 50 .e misgiving. that again took
nv seat in the baushy- art, and leh the place called
Seerpore | was now entering the Slndwan Jnnsies 4
desoate reg en- swarming With lgers ana SO unnee'!
that from he end of July TO the st of January
imnassabe In case of accident there must be deten
ton and detention in such case Is iraugh' Win us
GER However, nothing venture, n thlng "in' Is tue
travellers true maxim. We thumped aud bumped sons
in the poonday heat, making about two miles an hou
and had proceeded FIVE miles, when saw the axle
(Which had been watching) suddenly give way agala
Jumped out in time 10 avoid the crash ana once more
too nv seat in the jungle in the hate OF thosny os
The groom mounted the horse and rode away Tue ue'
unracked the baggage and seated hmse opp 'onS'
and thus we sat for three hours. Patience ateer all
is the wal chword of life It may seem incredible Dat
was thoroughly patient during all tins time. -,
The groom ST last appeared with new Garland
.uch cart Ii had been broken so often, that " was
a hopeless cripple The square box had sucn p'tcn
forw ard and the step 50 short that could y no
possby keep NV seat without holding fast win oo1n
hands BY this time was dusk and we erep' tor"td
gradually the horse occasionally falling down IN the
ruts and coming TO stand-stl every MY yarIs un.u
uToed forward by repeated cries of" al bIP al btH
0Oh. NV father my brOtherD About 10 o'clock we
reached a village called Pasnehr, only 10 niles from
Seerpore having been ten hours ON the way Inc driver
succeeded in making me understand that ne ala not
intend 10 90 any further that night. therefore went
70 the bungalow, and reused the sleepy Rhidnutgar
" What can / get for supper !" | asked " hsh Hd'
mothug) SO took q carpetbag for pillow lay Iowa
on the bare bedstead, aud slept soantly tl morning.
"Can you get me anything tor breakfast = asked
again =" KRoh RAJ And the baUghy-cart beng ready
/ went away hungry from Palasnehr
The road was little better bat as We Travelled GA
trot instead of walk the cart lost nothing OF s rough
ness which, indeed rather increased The LABOR OF
holding on taxed sOrey and as there was no reaxa-
ton. except when We stopped to change horses the
muscles OF my and legs at last became so exhausted
that vas ready to double up and sink togeth5rln
heap My wrists and ANGLES are still swollen from 'hs
effects of that days work. The horses ani drivers on
this part Of the road probably the worst IN the world
Tie drivers knowledge is confined TO holding the relns
and even this he understands very mperfecty lnsead
of choosing the smOOhest part Of the road he takes the
roughest aud il is 10 be seen, his satisfaction IL
not complete unless the cart It, lie frequently
swerves some distance from the direct track To elect
this object As for the horse he Is the master AMI
any exer"n is necessary You may possibly natter put
cannot force Lm into IT, When first harnessed be never
starts OF HE own accord One groom stands At his heal
pattpg and coaxmg while twoOrhers push az the wheels
until they press him forward He then backs and some
times sits down his launches. More force Is put 10
the wheels until backing becomes labor TO hun, eni
then he goes forward long as the road Is level blt
by and by you come to slight ascent lie knows
sieaHy where il IT, and unless you keep him galop
be stops at the bottom. The groom jumps down and
runs 20 his head. Tab dr. (pat him. says the driver
and lille the former pats him on the neck, Tue later
cries out in most eOdearng tones; Oh my father my
brother my bully, my brave fellow" Thus encouraged
he makes start, aud gets about half way up the RISE
when he stops end eisurely backs down again 10 the
bottom This is repeated three four times aud finally
some Of the bullOckdryers are called on 70 assist.
They lay hold on the wheels and the horse instead Of
drawing up the cart, is himself pushed up with It. On
one OCCASION where there rise of about one foot IN
ten for hundred yards, was obliged to wait hour
and half before succeeded 10 passing
Soon after leaving Palasnehr, the road crossed the
Sndwah Chant a range Of hills about six mile, in
breadth aud covered with jungle Beyond them Opeaed
the valley OF the Nerbudda aud the Ymlhya Mountains,
on the opposite side, though fifty miles distant, were
dimy visible Between lay wild waste of Jungle, al
most uuinbabcd, a reservoir of deadly malaria aud
paradise for panthers and tigers The word 'juugle"l
should explain, is used TO express any knl of wild
growth, from a thcket to forest whether highland or
lOvland The different varieties are distinguished 80
" close jungle, thorn Jungle wet jungle" &c. About
SndW ah the Jungle is close composed Of thick cumpso Of
sbubbery and small trees with here and there a mag
nifcent banydn sycamore towering over IT, In tho
valley Of the Nerbudda there are many binyans, aud
of great size. Few trees present gander
Of foliage than this Instead of low roof Of b)ugh5
resting On its pared trunks as had supposed it seads
up great limbs to the hight of hundred or even hun-
bred and fifty feet aud the trunks are often dropped
from hight Of thirty feet. They hang like parcels Of
roots from the ends Of the bOughs and when broken of
and prevented from reaching the EARTH continue to in.
and become woody like the trunk have seen
tree on which huge haftrunks that had never reached
the earth hung from the branches like the fragments of
shattered pillars hanging from the roof of an Egyptian
aud hrkgreen, and at present the foliage is studded
with buds of a bright purp color
lie only other large trees that have remarked, are
the sycamore and the tanarind The acacia aud mi
mosa are occasionally WITH and the dae and crab
palms thrive in the valleys The tamarind Frequently
rivals the banyan in sze while It's foliage is wonderfully
graceful and delicate The leaflets Of ia slender pin
nate leaves are so small that the Koran could MT more
forcby describe the torments of the Mah0metan He'll
than when says that the sinners in the neither rss
sha receive 10 cool their thirst Just so much water az
will lie on one of these leaflets once in a thousand
years OF the smaller trees and shrubs there is great
variety but the tamarnd and banyan are the character
btc trees Of India, as the palm Is of Egypt and the
magnolia aud cypress Of our Southern States
From Dhooila TO the Nerbudia, my road vas through
the District OF Candeish which, t8O or three wecks
ago, was the subject Of general attention on account Of
the rising q the natives The dsturbane had alfeaiy
bees quelled, but if had not had such confidence ia
the potency a English rule, should have fit that
exposed 10 some danger. We met Continually with
companies Of armed narves-not the mild abec inhab-
itaIs Of the cultivated districts but the tall fierce sons
Of the jungemen With keen eyes, heavy black bsarls
ard striking expression OF courage and defiance In their
whole bearing They did not stOop and touch tho earth
in humble sautation, passed, bar looked me fn in
the face, without single word Of greeting Some
we're arSed with the long BedOun gun, some with
spears, AID all wore sabres. They we're nearly all On
foot but few ghO seemed to be men II authority r,de
on ponies. | should judge they were mostly Moham.
uetans from their turbans end from the cast Of their
features Il Is very easy to distinguish between the fol-
lowers Of the rival religions without reference 10 anv
distinguishing mark OF dress, and merely from the ex
precision Of the face
We constantly met long trains Of laden bulOcks and
with numbers Of kacErees, or native ox-carts Nam Of
me trains were accompanied BY eeDrGsses or G0vern-