New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
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L,xn q, Us-iChadeanJ Urku (Greek Warks. ModeTn)l
Birth place of Abnhsml Friday Feb TO- iS't
We have TO send special messenger 10 baghdao,
with letters for the mail departing thence and will
avail of the chance to my correspondence,
the intervals Of which punctuated rather by
chance than inclination.
Nv lsst left me at Baghdad. Much could write of
IT, and Of hospable friends there but must hurry on
having not too much time TO hl up my sheet oi paper
Our preparations for desert travel being completed
horses purchased tents made, and servants procured
we again started We formed quite small party.
There was COyle myself our two personal attendants
cdnass tent-pitcher, gr0Oms, washing man, water
carrier writer (tO write Arabic) six Arabs OF the
Agayl tribe to keep watch at night and act as guards
generally, the niger, whom We engaged as COOK and
some thirty mules. Travelling from twenty to twenty
four miles day according to the distances intervening
between the watering places journeyed thus over
the parched desert; along the courses OF dred-up
canals past broken down entertainments, and huge
mounds whose silent grandeur, muely spoke OF the In
dustry of a mighty people of old, who built them
city hill, and made vater to run 10 dry places
After two days journey LETT houses behind, aud on
the third night pitched our camp among the Arabs
their goats hair" black ms the tents OF kedar" Next
morning the chief rode out TO accompany us on our
way" and at night the next one came OUT WIN all
his kinsmen TO meetus. This was SOmermud, present
chief of the Zobeide vice Wadeh his uncle or brother
de1osed BY the Turks You must know the Moslems
inv araby foster intestine quarrels among such ARAB
tribes as far subect to them as to pay tributes
only the BedouDs do not, but on the contrary orce "
from the Turks, a matter OF no small pride 10 Them
So if brother or relation Of Shekh oner 10 get
more tribute from bis tribe the Turks will contrVe To
10 away with the former, and to set up successor,
wto By his exactioDs becoming unpopular i again
easily deU0sed to make room for another somermud
trIy looked the chief-as clothed in Damascus silk,
white obah and gittering kash, and bearing an os-
tricb spear in his right hand he with natural
Arab grace bent his saddie-bow, with ." Peace
be with you all-my tent is your tent--on my head
I Thaa tpaa gnrff n "A q m
tered bis encampment; the fires from thousand tents
threw their smoke into the dusky hazy air. the sheep-
bells tnked and the cattle lowed as they were driven
in from their scany pasture and all arOuho st,etcn"a
the level line Of the fat black desert behind when
the snn went down as the horizon Of the trackes
ocean Our tents and cook had been sent on ia ad-
vance as usual while made exchrsions TO the
right or the left, but Somermud had forbidden the
lighting Of the galley fire. saying that we were his
guests. He supplied corn, too for our horses ana
mules and would sell nothing. After coffee and pipes
We visited him IN his tent each man rising on our en-
| trance. A blazing FIRE, which man fed continually
with small brushwood, gathered by the women our
inc the day formed the only light within the tent
Scr,ermud saw US seated and then followed our ex-
simple as did the elders of the tribe, all Others re-
! naming standing, the Shekh's brother. Two
descendant Of the prophet dseernabe BY their green
head-dresses, though young men, sat AS the giAre
Of the FIRE fell upon their dark bearded handsome Races
and shone in their bright eyes and on their white teeth
throwing into deepened shadow the swarthy figures IN
! the ekground the effect was 0ne wEleh VII never
pass away from me. We had coffee, highly sIaeed.
and pipes and then returning 70 our own ents i"Opd
! at the door on agnifcent, though iaded fersiAh
carpet dinner set out for The center dsh, an I'M
/ mense one, some four feet across and the same IN
hight consisted OF rice and rasins, with melted butter
poured over il. Around it some dozen OF other
dishes mostly stews with bahaia, or acia, WIN uh'
limited grease. The chief alone sat with rs and com
meuced the rspast by diving his hand into the ree,
making up b, Us and depositng them upon our plates
! Being the Treatest compliment possible to be shown
TO guest we could Mt object TO IT, though for my
part lady lifting that be washed hi. brown hand fr:'
could har e readily dispensed with it, He was kind
enough 20 assist US to the stews In the manner
Hover er tucked up ny loose sleeves and sOon Proseo
DyseF only be eIeeed by the Shekh in the mater
sppvte; be loading my plate all the time sna
"wnen the rage Of hunger was spPessed lensne'
full. We drank shertet from the trunA OF "u. -,
s0d coffee being served adjourned 70 tne 'en''' 'A'
elders and our servants taking our places: -,
Next day Omermud and hi. sta. rode iOr.n Tlaa Eaa.
think the Arab mares are over praised,-aa Lnens
cL.sar would find few rivals in speed through
out he desert. But the Arab steeda are wouderiu9