Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-02-06

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ing of reverence, but In Eve minutes !
found that | loved him, and could talk
with him as freely as with friend of my
own age. His nose, mouth and chin have
the heavy Teutonic character, whose gen.
uine type always expresses an honest sim
riicity and directness.
was most surprised By the youthful
character of his face. knew that he had
been frequently iadisposed during the
present year, aud had been told that he
was beginning to show the marks of his
extreme age; but | should not have sus-
pected him Of being over seventy-ise.-
His wrinkles are few and small, aud lis
skin has smoothness and delieacy rare
ly seen in old men. His hau, although
snoR-white, is still abundant, his step
slow bu, ira, and his manner active al
most to restlessness. He sleeps bat four
hours out of the twenty-fozr, reads aud
replies to his daily rain of letters, ani suf-
fcrs no osingle occurrence of the least inter
est in any part Of the world TO escape his
attention. / could not perceive that lis
memory, the first mental faculty to show
decay, is at ali impaired. He talks rap
idly, with the greatest apparent ease, never
hesi;a;ing for word, Yhethsr in Englisi
or German, and, in fact, seemed to be
unconscious which language he was using,
as he changed FIVE or six times in the
course of conversation. He did not
remain in his chair more than ten minutes
at time, frequently getting up and walk
| ing about the room, now and then pointing
to picture or opening book to illustrate
sone remark.
he began by referring to my Winter
journey into Lapland Sway do you
choose the Winter7" he asked: sYour ex-
perience will be very interesting, itis true
but viii you not suffer from the severe
coij?v "'rhat remains TO be seen
& answered II have tried all climates ox-
rept TIE Arctic. without the least injury.
TIE last TIVE years ef nay travels were
spent in tropical countries, and now l
Wish 70 have the stronges. possible con-
tras,." ssThas is quite nataral," be re-
marked, s'aud eau understand Low your
object in travel must lead YOU to seek
such contrasts, but you must possess a
remarkable healthy organization-' ''You
doubtless know. from your own expert
ence," said, "that nothing preserves q
mans vitality like travel" "Very true,'
he answered, ssif it does not kill at the
outset. For my part, ! keep my health
every where, like yourself During Eve
years 10 South America and the Wes
Indies, passed through the midst of blacl
vomit and yellow fever untouched.
| spoke Of my projected visit to Russia
and my desire to traverse the Russian Tar
tar provinces of Central Asia The Kir
ghiz steppes, he said, were very mono,o
nous; ffty miles gave you the picture of
thousand, but the people were exceedingl
interesting. If desired to go there,
would have no difficulty in passing througl
them to the Chinese frontier; but the south
!, ern provinces Of Siberia, be thought, woul
best repay me. The scenery among th
Al;ai Mountains was very grand. Fror
his window in one Of the Siberian towns, b
: : had counted eleven peaks covered wit
eternal snow. The kirghizes, be added
were among the few races whose habits ha
remained unchanged for thousands of year
, and they had the remarkable popularity {
} combining monastic with monadic lif,
+" they were partly Buddhist aud partly Mu'
slemau, and their monkish sects followe
= the different clans in their wanderings, ca
y rying on their devotions in the encam)
r men,s, inside Of sacred circle marked o.
- by spears. He had seen their ceremonie
y and was struck with their resemblance
II those of the Catholic church.
8 Among the objects in his study was Ii
20 ing chameleon, in a box with glass lid.-
he Tie animal, which was about six inch
long, was lazily doing on bed Of san
u with big blue fly, the unconscious PROV
ie ion for his dinner, perehed upon his bac
as ssHe has just been sent to me from Smy
aa," said Hunboli; che is very lis,less Al
he unconcerLed 10 bis manner" just th
N, the chameleon opened one of his long {
d, bnlar eyes, and looked up at us. "a 7
IS culiarity Of this animal, he continued, {
its power Of looking 10 different directio
i've at the same time. Hc can turn ouc e
of toward heaven, while the other inspects I
err earth There are many eiergymen "
rn, have the same power"
ar After showing me some OF Hildebran,
s a watercolor drawings, be returned to bis 81
7es and began to converse about American
tai fairs, with which be seemed to be entire
The familiar. He spoke with great admirati
so of Col. Fremont, whose defeat he profour