New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-23

die Hboded spirits, whom l Imagined Ia be wat
iie in the Stygan cbssm Tor passage 70 the uiher
world. Em-re,rg az last We ent.ret 8 m,Snihcen.
fr-st, hose eleS atoDs we've i0,e'lock.d mere sai
there with sily-ry brooks. III. face OF the coun
Try was tar q ore interesting than bet Teen sstria
spd kaiBsrojI To all appearances the COssaok'
bad OF ext Lded tbtir forsys beyond the later
place. Our slow progress gives NE ample time .
.tudy the for1 ard fauna, a. Seu ss for he i'm
bIoglios of personal sdvt nture 10 the vlds OF Bal
CARA. hide ed, To accel. rate our speed b-yo0i
wslk would be- att. Dd.d BY the mott disastrous
Consequences to the ARABIA and the cl I'D paving
st-ecs of the race Of Medjd. By d.greAs I al
becoming greatly interested in the latter. The
sight Of them carries nv thoughts back ID a lost
antiquity, for in their mahner of loo pmopOn DIS
cover striking resemblance 10 that oldfsshlOncd,
sided gait sill retained by such tUgy animals
as the elephant and giraffe; but ka1wn to have
been highly fashionable among he qusdupeds OF
the re-Adsmic world.
TIE heart Of the Bedoain is Tot more efe,tlsly
woD by the fearful eye, the pl,lnt.7e moan, and
the tender, womspish wa,s Of the camel than Is
my own by the coDten plstion II these msthema-.
ice lines and points these t,me-worn soumes II
comic sect ons lbolDd In hOfsA) belong ny 20
lbrshinI, the kbsn-keeper We met a lDag striog
of srsbas, drs In BY bafalos, nd loaded with
.Iain for Sistril DID Dot om, the Turkish
sslutation: Ate,kun saiaam, in answer TO SILaam
ahikum, (yeece be with you,) 10 the drivers Of
those anomalous animals, before vehicles still more
ANOMALOUS am confident that no other qusdruped,
bovine vr equine, combines 80 perfectly sll tne
poiu ,f ueip.,s a. the Bulgarian buffalo, and
certainly the cunning bant OF msn csnno' devise
another vehicle So ladicrlOus and lndes ;rloaoly
wI.tcbed ss the Turkuh ara, whose original
must have BE- en- lib among the nomadlc penplods,
Ockan aud Tim ur Magnificent word, typical OF
that Oriental e1sggeration which forever fa'ters
with h'gh-sOuDd,g names, and DISCUSSES Win the
shabbiuess vi The realts
There was another retardlng cause. Aoda!l,b,
S.llm and Zabat supple children of nature, heard
s.rpops ia he running brooks, the murmurs of
Whose waters invited them To prayer ihey
would pause BY almost every stream. and ter
the sblutiODs, mace in the precise manner pre-
scribed by the Prophet bow reyerently toward
Mecca The trees are silent worsbpers lnani.
mate nature has is hymn Of praise aud IN behold
tho.e children of Islsm mngling their prisons with
the iubi ee of awakening uOrD, now prostrat5
mon The earth, now stretching their hands toward
the stars, is a scene worthy OF Neronese and
Claude Lorraine.
We had ridden three hours without breakfast
and began TO complain OF Senn for having ne
elected to provide something for me to eat on the
NAV At lsst We approached cluster ct houses,
Int on finding no Khan, bet0ok ourselves TO the
SPOT where severa Turkish farmers were engaged
in thrsshing wheat with horses. circular piece OF
ground rome four rOcs in diameter, trodden hard
and surrounded by high fence appeared u
have been used q. the common thr ishDg floor OF
the hamlet from time immem0rial. The sheare'
of wheat were brought from the adjacent ricks
ard eight or ten wlld-lookiDg bulgarian horses
then turned IN loose aud kept resolving round the
lazy Turks in the center until the wheat @as olsen
eseed from the grassy matter by the action OF their
pimLls feet They were partakine OF their morn.
ing re past, and Hospitality invited US to be seated
with them The fluid portion OF the meal con-
si,ted of sour milk, an article Of diet in great
favor nth the Turks and pure cold water from
a pelebborinp spring The solids we're served
in the sbspe Of enormous gridde cakes cemented
toeetber with butter If the most dubious char
acter. and of bread which Notwithstanding my
exp- riepce | at first mistOOk for granite.
I ,at ON the ground and ate as greediy as auy one
in Il at dusty group. 1he fresh morning air, and
the Ddetc Iibable motion OF the ARABIA, taking
aue here when meant there" had given me an
appetite, but could not help thinking of the rea-
sapablepess Of an imposition levied in former times
b, tn, Be,s aud Pashas travelling 10 Bulgaria. On
snch occasions the inhabitants were compelled to
pa, tooth tar, "a an indemnity for damages caused
10 the q. Dtal organs Of their Turkish lords by the
msstIcaton of the yillaiDous compounds furnished
them Learned in Western Europe that the word
host is derived from hosts, al enemy; but gener'
" the Turks will receive nothing Tor hospitality
like the above In fact my escort set about tle
matter as if there had been No necessity for all 10
yitation from Bahia Bashs, the farmer.
Sometimes, however, the good Mussulman, who
ibyokes the blessing OF Allah upon the departing
honadji uill not object to having few plastres
Slipped silly into his hand
Baba Basha learned by accident that was a
physician. The DOCTOR or hObim, as he is here
termed stands in great repute with the Orlentals
To consult the oracle Of Esculaplan wisdom the
Cadi dismisses bis court, the Mouah his school,
and Beys and Pashas spread their tables with
Eastern hospitality. | was at once requested W
see q SICK child 10 the family OF the Basha aud ne
conducted me to the han let for that purpose we
entered the courtyard surrounding his house, and,
after short pause III the male apartment Pro-
ceeded to the hdrem
Although the most ptisble of men, physlclins
are occasionally favored mor'als. thus IL was
With me-for, excepting In rare cases ike my
own. no male but the master-nOt even male
slay, belonging 10 the family-can penetrate the
ysteriss of the harerR. THIS is in accordance WITH
the usagts and traditions OF the East, where "o'
man is the slave perhaps the choicest treasure
and not bis equal or superior as With u.s. Babi
Bahia although mplys Turkish farmer was evil
IDENTIFY in good circumstances, and | sas not a III
tie surprised at the extent Of the establishment
within those unprOmisiDg mud walls His
house was type of the Eastern dwell
ling. The pious Moslems, like the an
Gent Egyptians, reserve marble and granite
for the hsbitations of God. and leave 70 mortal
man mere cabins Of wood and clay no more endur-
ing than himself Two or three low structures
had been united into single edifce. The destroy
ipg hand of time had removed here and there
tile from the roof, perforated here aud there the
outer wall The exterior OF the Basaa mansion
nd never been decorated BY paint or Hhtewash,
fer the MussulnaD, uncorrupted by modern usages,
looks upon that art whore protane obje;t Is TO
H. o,Ior M rod nv llxh to wood aud