Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-02-27

+: BABooSs AND KAEF1Rs.-Capt.
Drayson, an EngIishman, has Just
published an entertaining book on
South Africa. Iha following ex-
tracts will give at idea of.his style:
BAnooSs AT HoME.-T watched!
them through my glass;. and was
much amused at their grotesque
and almost human r,ovcments.-
Some Of the old ladies had their
olive branches in their laps, and
appeared to be '*doing their hair, ~
while patriarchal-lookin old fel-
, low paced backwards and forwards
witt! It filssy sort Of look; he was
evidently on sentry, and seemed to,
think himself OF, no small iInpor-
tance. The estimate Of his dignity
! did not appear to be universally &C.
knowledgcd, and as two Or three
| young gbaboorls sat close behind him
watching his proceedings; some
times with the most grotesque
movements and expressj~7s, they
would stand directly in his path,
and hobble away only at the last
moment. One daring yonngster
followed close on the heels during
the whole length Of his beat and
gave a sharp tug at his tail as he
was about to turn. The old fellow
seemed to treat it with the greatest
Indifference, scarcely turning round
at the insult. g. zy
Master .Inpudence was about
repeating the performance, when
the pater, shown that he was not
such a fool IS he looked, suddenly
sprung round, and catching the
young one before he could escape,
gave him two OF three such Gifts,
that I cos1ld hear the screams that
resulted theretrom. The venerable
gentleman then chucked the delin-
quent over his shoulder and contin-
ued Ills promenade with the great
est coolness this cid balloon evi-
IDENTIFY was acquainted with the
prantical detail Of Solomon's prov.
erb. 4 crowd gathered round the
naughty child, who, childlike, see
ing commisseration, shrieked al the
louder. | even fancied could see
the angry glances Of the mamma,
as she took herGear little pet IN her
arms, and removed it from q repti-
tion of; such brutal Treatment.
K AFFIIs 'WoMEN--The frontier
Katiirsa are fine athletic men, aud
stand generally about six feet III
height. They are nearly black, and
have voo]|y hair, although the. tea-
lures are IN many cases almost Eu-
ropean. Tie aza-nusjis' or young
girls, are often quite pretty, with
wild, free, dark eyes, that may we'll
plead as excuses tortl1e young KaH-
frs propensity for castle-stealing,
the decimal coinage Of Kattirland
being ten, eoWs-one wife. One
very soon gets over the prejudice Of
color, and after having for some
time looked on thezricI black OF a
Katfir belle, q willie lady appears
bloodless, cansumptive and sickIy |
in comparison. The hard work that |
an I'm t+a=i or wife, has to perform,
very soon spells her girlisl figure |
and appearance, and she then be-
comes a haggard, wrinkled, repnI |
sive old witch. The coolness Of all |
these women is surprising. 4 s}ir- |
mish. with the llahtiirs and our troops |
might take place one day, and on
the next the women belonging to
the Katfir Men engaged would come
into the camp and otter wood or
milk for sale, calling to Us to 'te11gn,'
(buy.) 1supect that these women
are often sent ii merely as spies.
An Indian chief being asked his
opinion of a cask Of Madeira wine
which, had been presented to him,