New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-11

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BEGINNING h%h, nuaire. and place. of popular sor;
o b,Ys ,be csntonm.nts and bsnack-, where, II your
taste. are military you can fnspec, some Wv.
relocated sepoys and every morning .,,n, S,;iisd
gun from three 10 five regiments ty 80
If Your tendencies are religious, you nave lh EusIsh
church and the Catholic chapel, ana the Dsp'S' meet
ing house. II your tastes are mechamcai' you nv
the timber yards and the docks, ana perhaps 81 p
yard. II they geological, there are ,uueo uRTIs
in the barracks, and the elephant who 'otpg grass
for The artillery stables will pick up cigar or MAKE
salssm for you for plantain or two Besides, there
il live alligator in the school tank, and the supern-
tending surgeon stufs birds and impalee butterflies.
Won II sy yist the old poongkee houses end see the
idos. or attend parade On Wednesday and Friday AZ
,.rnocns 10 hear opera am from the " 18Th Royal
Ir,h or some other regmenal band and idolIze the
girls. ..u. mn, have the wives and ais.
ters and daughters, and c0uslns OF tne br7h-in
80 viii an occasional she adventurer who IL on
toIeI,nce in SOCIETY," and the Inost agreeabie
terson in it, SO long ss you pay her sufhcient
attention and do not inquire VINO her la:ner
yss which would imply that she is wiser
rb;1a than Won will find her. For smusements you
you have public me.sdays, dinners at the ConlHssi1h
ers an occ asional ball so, private theatrca
to6ieovy riraHs, cbarades &c, plenty OF sonecs, anu
tea al the Mission. Then there are elephant e1cui
.ons 10 the Caves ~ hich not wholly incident
lesa and shall be mDutey described soon and an
ebundaI of pic-nics which like other picnc' an
H.
and take guns 10 keep of he tigers
Now 10 complete your Burmese village: on every
hilltop on .veiy lofty peak that ovcrooks the to"n
let a small white pagoda he SEEN pefched lHe some
beautiful but lonely bird. Crown each OF these dell
cate aerial edifces with coronet Of tiny gded oels
which sbal utter the meOwes music to every passing
breeze and salute with silver tDkllngs the fragrant
incense which asceDds TO visit them from many o'o
adtn lake and planfaln grove -
And so y,u have MOulmeiD, where one DehOlds 10
the fullness Of s grace and beauty that most superb
OF Chm midas Towering trees, named Tor vicef)y
dame worthy 10 be It's patron, the Noble Amher"'d
On every hard its crown of lively green is seen and
iis uslbDg skirts hang low, friDged and corded ana
tasseled in green and gold and crimson
The auhor takes his first lesson in elephant
riding in MoulmeiD in which athletic exercise his
experience was any thing but satisfactory.
A few rods up the road, five elephants, substantial
sors stood fappipg their capeiike ears and pen
dulang their short, rdlcu tals-whch, by-theby,
The preepest OF us regarded very superuOs appen
dsees as useless AZ unOrnameDial, until, fUrdng
stream in the course OF excursion we perceived
the very gentlemany use TO which the gutti percha
| phoso pb.r in front Of us put his They twinkled
their bright little black eyes that were ike polished
| horn buttons ON On india.rubber overcoat, and fly
brushed themselves with wsps of paddy straw, foay
fomirbed with their trunks.
| Seeing an elephant in meuagere, may naturally be
attended with sensations more or less hatteng to the
| speetator in view Of the " Abundance, - cents -
| be il conscious Of patronizing Behemoth. But 10
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rubber having already being green tourist 10 that
spoil toosly made grand fourshes of your Intention
to sfcend without assistance, is to look up at Peter
Bottle and suddenly recoect that you have left your
| windlsss and rcpe-adder at home; you are reduced
with ridiculous sbrupDess to sense OF your situation
"A confession Of your own nsgnifcancs and the mag
| nitude Of the ghty works.
When my kitmudgaT, pointing 70 Behemotbs Jehu,
peIched Oh his neck with boat-hook contrivance for
a whip, taid, "Spose Sahib likee, Sahib can 20 mp,
that somewhat saturnDe heather had no intention to
La1h ..r & NM afnr
and, with slight assstance-by pushing from below,
| by Jehu's pulling from above-were soon 10 be seen
leaning over the rails of The hOwdahs surveying the
su, uDdiDg country from their commanding emlnence
Our Yankee friend" being neither active nor
light of course came last. Tue mountain had partly
come down to the other Mahomets, and Behemoth
| was kLeelDg. Our company was uncomiortabiy mas
eu'pe, so there were no steps provided the hVery,
| stable keeper from whom hired our nags, would
not insut the Sahibs, fcrsooth-" the sahibs were
SSSs ws1e S the saS mus,
must MONKEYS have ladders Sothey boo.ted their
Yani &c friend from below, and they hosted Their an
kee friend from above; but they were weak with
laughter and they let 60, and the sides OF the noun
tain were no less slippery than steep and the feet Of
| their Yankee friend were false to him, his temper
impatient HE wonted philosophy forgotten so he slid
| down.
| Thrice he slid down discounted and the third time
he carried with him the bamboo front of the howdah.
Then BehemOth TO his feet, contempfous, indg-
nant, with too bad" in his eye mpaence IN his mp
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grunt. But Jebu, patient and busy, picked away at
bis organ anti with his b0athook there was
another small d-side-aDd then, with unanimy OF
extraordinary boosting and hosting joined to great
feat of agility on the part OF the acrobat silently ap
| pr.bensive of the mood of Behenoth, "our Yankee
friend" reached the top, amid loud cheers and " an
| kee Doodle" from the band. Whereupon Behemoth,
| with great upheavings, arose from his knees, and
| rolled forward.
II you have never doubled the Cape, if your ston-
ach is reacberous and your sea-legs uncertain If sea.
sickness your idiosyncrasy don't take passage on an
| elephant for a voyage of twenty-five miles, 60 by
| water or try palkee.
| First You are down BY the stern-then bows under
now q lurch to leeward pitches you into the scuppers
aid next you in the trough of the sea- waowing t.
wiudw aid. Like a Dutch galliOt under bare poles in
| n crosssel-how she rolls Like awhale in the wake
Of a seamer--how she blows You ascend slight
irreguarity in the road-how she abOrs up the slope
You pause the rdge-for an instant she sways ane
| Down topple. Q the gulf below"
You hold on by the bOwdah you commend yourself Il
your usual gooduck; you comfort your fears by OBJ
serving how little Jehu minds it, you throw away you
cherOot-ts too hot to smoke; you stop wishing fol
tifin; you try 10 think i! interesting and commence
ipstituDg Dauralstic researches into the sagacity
"old lnn Rubber" a. that funny Smith OF the Com
pspys service bicknames the soft subject of your
| studies.
Thus you get through six miles Of monotonous jungle
relieved only by its sequel of six miles Of monotonous
that you were dead, you never once say So You
| rather hkeit." At last, you come to your " Caves
| and, with a by Jove, boys-this is capital You
! swing youref off by the hands, and drop 10 the
groui fesressy though you had never told allie
| IN your bfe.
Af,er assisting" at the bombsrdment Of Fan.
COON and Dallsh, which soon succumbed before the
Brti.h guns, our surgeon proceeds with his vessel
excursion into the interior, after practicing