The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04

IoSS. L ne HOOf OF mud. Fire On tn
ground with hole for the smoke to es
cape through the logs. This room abou
10 feet square, we divided into two apart
ments by curtain, one for Mr.. P anc
the other for ourselves We roasted DO
tatoes in the ashes, made tea and spread
the table cloth on the lid of our provision
box, put on our plates "a kind of iron
ware very neat and suitable for such pur.
poses) also iron cups for tea and teaspoons
of block tin. Everything being ready
the blessing was asked and we partook OF
our first meal with relish which only
tired travellers can appreciate. After sup
per as we had no Bridge" aud as Mrs.
Was very weak, having just risen
from sick bed, Mr.. P. and myself un-
dertook the washing and wiping of the
dishes and were congratulating ourselves
on our admirable success when some sug-
gestiols or rather gentle insinuations from
the MADAME" convinced US that we were
not yet qualified in this department. At
ter all things were ready we retired for
the night but no sleep, for Oh the feas
the feas! The" anthropophogom-ea-
ters-have got mel" Not a wink of
genuine sleep came to us that night. In
the morning we were up and away early.
The next night was determined Janette
should have some sleep, so she sewed to-
gether sheet except one end, lie wing al.
so little breathing place, in this care
fully embagged her, and tied up the open
end with q string. Thus we defeated the
fieas and she slept. AS for ourselves, we
used freely Flea poison and thus slept tol-
erably well.
The third day which was Saturda", we
reached Amisia where we spent the Sab
bath. This city is situated in deep val
ley almost surrounded by high and bare
rocks On one side at the top Of a rock
that overlooks the city is an old castle, in
ancient times the defense of the city,
Very many of the cities are built in sim
liar situations with castle for defense.
1t is easy to uace the plan of of these
works, although they are now much dilap
idated aud of no use as dofense. We
saw many excavations high in the sides
of the solid rock which were, in ancient
times, burying places for the dead. Also
subterranean passages cut through the
rock from the city to the castle. On our
way out of the city on Monday, we pass
ed water course cut in the rack for per-
haps mile. This was also the work of
ancient times. We saw an old church al
so, in the city, with sculptured pillars and
inscriptions in the Ancient Greek. Mon
uments of ancient dates are found in al
most every city. a few weeks since DR..
Mordtman and DIR. Barth the celebrated
African Traveller, were here ON an explor-
ing expedition. They read Inscriptions
in Arabic on Tombs, fountains and bridg
es dated So LIST year of the Heg.ra (ie. the
flight of Mahomet from Mecca to Medina)
or the 1884 year of our era. Other dates
also, they found, the latest of which was
731 CT the Hegara or 1884 of our era.
But to leave antiquities and return to
our Journey. We arrived here after a
journey of 10 days from the coast After
about month we were comfortably set
tied in our new home. Our house is We
ry comfortable and there is a good alden
attached to it, where we can raise all the
potatoes we shall need, also ma straw
berries, besides afording us pleasant ex-
else.
AT the bottom of the garden is Mon
ument erected to the memory of H nry
Martyn who died in this city with tn,
Plague Oct. 10th Isl 2,and was first bur
led in the Armenian cemetery. Within
a few years his remains have been taken
up and deposited in this garden and a
good marble monument erected by the
English, but und r the superinten euce
of Mr.. Van Lennep. From my study
window | can see this monument of one
of the early and most devoted M.ssiona-
ries. If you have the Memoir of Henry
Martyr, (small size edition. the view of
Tocat as seen opposite 422 P. is not very
correct. 1t is, indeed, surrounded by
mountains, as the hills are round about
Jerusalem, bat the city is itself large and
contains many trees, Vineyards and water
courses which give it pleasanter appear
,nce than YOU would infer from the view
Memoir 1t is pleasant field of labor.
We have congregation of about so per-
sons usually. Ipreach in Armenian once
a month now, and have an exercise each
day every other week of expounding the
Scriptures in the school.
Two of our scholars have left their
homes and come to us, having been per-
| secuted for the truths sake. We are hap