Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-03-10

at my servant, but he said | need not
trouble myself; the effect would be
to raise me in the governors estima-
ton to a higher rank than his own.
And this was true. On his return
| went out to meet him, and, as Gus
tom requires the highest in rank TO
take the precedence in entering, n
simultaneous halt took place, each
waiting for the other Finally, the
governor, as compromise, put his
arm around my waist aud ,New me
in side by side with him. The civil
governor called on me and wished TO
know the amount of our naval force.
Here | was outwitted. Thinking TO
make tie story large enough, | told
him we had hundred ships of the
line, not to mention the smaller YES
sells. Oh no, he snid, | was mista-
ken, because he knew that we had
SIR hundrtd ships of the line, at the
same time remarkigg my excessive
The language is characterized 10y
peculiarities found in no other tongue.
The great verbal nicely IN lis con-
structlon resembling the finest mo-
sale work, and the profuseness of
grammatical elegancies, constitute the
charm of poetry which is felt, even
by the unlettered Arabs. The rect
lalion Of their literary works throws
him into ecs,acies, the result of his
darling and aflluen; imagination
The language is to US almost scaled
book, although some valuable trans
laiions have been made into the Ger
man.
While in Arabia. had one very re-
markable experience. There Is
drug in the East whose effect is like
that of opium, which is prepared
from the Indian hemp. twas mach
used by the Saracen warriors, when
about to enter a battle, as n stimulus.
1t produces on the imagination a
double consciousness one part of
the mind seems TO study while the
other part looks on. From motives
of curiosity ! was persuaded TO try
the effect Of it on my own system.
: | was 10 Damascus at the time. Soon
after taking the drug, the effects be-
gan to appear. ! saw the furniture
. in the room, talked with The compa-
ny, and yet | seemed 10 be near the
pyramid of Cheops, whose blocks of
stone appeared to me like huge
squares of Virginia tobacco. The
scene changed, and was on the
desert in boat made of mother-of-
pearl. The sand seemed TO be grains
of lusiseas gold, ,l.re..9h which my
boat ran as 9 silly rs on the waves of
/ the sea the air seemed filled with
I harmonles of the sweetest music !;
the atmosphere was filled with light,
with odors and music. Before me
there seemed to be constant series
of arcades of rainbows, through
for fifteen years | seemed TO glide.
The finer senses were developed,
and all qualification was a single, har-
monious sensation. Hence we can
easily conceive the origin of the A
rabian Nights. My companion,
huge Kentuckian, tired the dug with
an amusing effect. Aftef looking at
me awhile, he suddenly started up
with the exclamation, "l'm loco
motive" and began 70 cut off his
words like the puff of an engine, and
To work his arms like the moving Of
the wheels. At last he seized the
water Jug for drink, bur set il down
VITA q yell, saying, " how can take
water into my boiler, when Pm let
ting off steam"
The songs of the Arabs are long
and monotonous IN their cadences,
yet you never hear discord among
them and | should say that none
but an Arab can sing their songs
They even laugh in harmony. The
cry of the mueZzln is one of the
sweetest of sounds, coming in the
still evening over the water and
groves with It's plainlive tones.
Art is rare among them. Mahom-
ct forbade his followers 10 make an
image Of any living thing, on penalty
of giving il soul at the day Of judg-
ment. Their architecture is origin
al, and can furnish as glorious types
as the schools of Greece or Rome.
The Arab is supersti,ious. All &C
currences out of the natural order of
things, he ascrlbes to the genii. II
a traveller loiiers on the desert, they
think IA genii drives him on, and
whispers in his ear, till he is lost and
perishes. The same kind Of an idea
was held respecting an echo, until |
explained it to them. They said,
o! what you say is true, but il is
strange we did not know ii before.
Their devotion and subsection 10
the will Of God, is matter Of vital
interest TO them. Among the Turks
there is less of tolerance than among
the Arabs. They are far below The
latter in point of morally, in pride
of character, and in the principle Of
honor. The most submissive pa
tience chaIacterizes the race. Out
ward grief, in case of affection, is a
sign OF rebellion. You generally see
a calm face, and listen 10 mild voice
saying, "God is merciiul." This re-
signalion, in the lower classes, often
degsnerales into fatalism. An
English traveller fell into the Bos-