Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-20
THE WEEKLY STAR.
''fOr they are Of very great service, end cause

10 delay, for the body of a caravan mp~. al
| wsys travel at a fcot's pace, and a woman will
| endure long journey nearly as well as a mar :.
and certainly better than q horse or bullock
| They are invaluS Sble In packing up, and in re-
talling information !Spd hesrssy gossip, which
will give clues to much dimpOrtaace that IN
assisted, you might miss. An American
4 chief told H.arne the tIave.er, that women
were made for labor; tn At one OF them can car
| ry or haul as much as two men; ans that t''y
are mantained at q trifing expeis for las
they alw sys stand cook. the very Gang OF
their fingers in scarce times is sufh lent for
| their subsistence" The "rights of women
are now being advocated In the self-sams con-
| tlnent where these wrongs Of W men wers a us
uulogis d. Mr.. q lton says: '.0n alr.yirr n
| IN encampment, atives u~u.liy ru y
| Ia fright: II you IA, LuLgIy, or in as y NJ. - =
| what they have, e. boldly into their huts.
| AXE just what You wait, AID i,ave u ode
quate Payment. IL is 40 urd {, b. a.
| a IN thesr cases" 81 tniHk as. FL
Oustiers in respect to Cuba. l. t,avs.ny
| hrOush b sstile neig "a bOrhood. cat Q Le %
| ,uard very well: the habits OF busG-iiIe make
| Traveller, though otherwise sou. q asssep,
Start up directly at very slight rusIle OF alarm
among his cattle A person rldi < al uuy
OF hIs life, sleeps INST safely IA, mast
sometimes Sleep rs Mr.. G~lt.n assunsUs-
With his horses head tied short up g. bis wrist;
.ne horse if be hears anything, toss, 5 has b "a,
| and jerks the riders arm; while h via s,ldOm
| be so careless as to tread on his sleepin- mas
ter.
A sylvan post-ofice for the wids If you
| want to leave letter in a pre-arr nged tTee,
chamber up the tree when il is DARK TO the
first large bougn, and sitting astride it, cut with
a chisel deep hole right into the substance Of
the wood, or you may make one by 6Tin, q
bullet down into it; in this hole the letter r l.
ed up or folded quite small, is TO be pushe
and the bark nailed down over 1t. No save
would ever dream Of looking there for IT, co
We should think. If you wish tc crOss deep
liver with your horse, drive or push hun Ia.
jump IN yourself, seize MIN BY me tail, AID
1T him tow you across: If he turns he head 10
y and change his course, splash W ter In h
face with your right or lett had, a. the cas0
may be, holding on with one hand and Sd q
ing W th the other, and you will H. tLis ~
direct him just you ike. Captsn Ftz oy's
men once IN a difficulty, cOllecteds 10 b, "
wyve them int a sort Of laI.e b SIX ,cN
ed Il with their caLv s-Jent, u. .dl the
side with clay, and were cut al > a a..eu
hours in this ira Sile sub ,iitue fer % a. Tae
following Is cuI1Ous:-''If stu.h .ht by .i-.
reconcct that bO 1 wi liz to ma iV ,..O Oush
almost any wedtLeI, if you can NAH, bs Oe
of a lew spare spars, uars, dc., and secure
tnem to the boats head, so as ~ float IL fTont
OF and across the bow; they will act vefy SEN
sIbiy as breakwater, aud tne b. It's n-ad
will always be kept to the wild. Water that
is slightly frozen may be made 70 bear lie Wy
wagon, by cutting reeds, strewing them thick
ly ON the ice: and pouring water upon them;
the whole by degrees becomes frozen into 3
solid mass.
Mr. Cations chapter concerning tappings is
full of curious information. In relation ~ the
power of animals to scent the approach OF man
he says: sour own senses do not make Us aware
of what is disagreeabe eDougs to cOnfess. that
the whole species of mankind yields power
full and wide-spreading emanation tnat A. ut
terly disgusting and repulsiye to ever animal
IN Its wild stale. 1t requires some expe IeEce
to realise this fact: a man must frvque ty
have watched the heads Of herd of far dista ct
animals tossed up IN alarm the moment that
they catch his wind He must have observed
the tracks Of animals-hOw, when they crossed
his own of the preceding day, the beast that
lead them has stopped, scrutlnIsed, aud shun-
ned it-before he can realize what a YahOO
he is among the brute creation. Noele n
illness of the individual seems 10 diminish thls
remarkable odor; indeed, the more civilized
the man, the more subtitle it appears to be.
The touch Of gamekeeper scares less than
tnat of the master, and the touch OF a negro or
bushman less than that of traveller from Eu-
rope.', Were it not for Mr.. Cation great
experience in this subject, we hi ght have ven
turcd to suggest that the horror of the animals
is perhaps rather moral than sensoTial, result
ing rather from oifactOry sense Of mans
personal unwelcOmeness. The catching Of
cOndOrs and vultures is MAJ iged in u SIM suiar
way. A raw hide lisp ID upon the ground;
one man creeps under 1t with q string Ia AIS
hand, while one two other men is posted IN
ambush close by; the bird flies dOWn upon a
bait placed on the hide, and the mao lEes
the legs and binds them u ght ia the hide, when
the poor bird becomes pOweriesS.
Pedestrians whose feet apt TO blister
during long j"uL. - are thus adv,sei. Ru1
the feet AT going t, I'd with spirits NIKE wi b
tailow 1rOpi Ell from cd.Adl, IsJo tds "a IN &
the hand; N tue following m 'rnilg 40 o,isser
will exist, for the spirits seem to POSSESS l;e
healing power, while the ta,",w serves 10 KEEP
the skIn soft and psisAlt. ''E.se b,f re eiv-
gance that is, soap the inside OF your stock
ing before setting cut, aud break law <
,iutO a boot before putting it On. IL 10 ImpO ib
to glance over the pages OF tHis book, ut
being struck with the nu..ber aud Va lev
the disasters 10 VIII ch such trav,seIs 80 M
q ltOn are ST. lject, ana with the utr.
p.tieuce exhibIIed la devisihg cur, s al sUD-
sIitutes wLei ever the disasters Use. L. ,v-r
travelling can become an Art" th n Wi N.
Cations little vO ume serve as M nuaI,
IL anu book, Vade,m seum But il is als5 full
OF readable bits Tor othsrs.-Cham6sr yoar-
nal.