The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-25
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wEnNEs 1AY HORNINo.. APRIL IS. yea.
NamAiing Il Africa.
Tunnpe. tVpJee Egypt) Feb %. 1e0:
The CHARM Of Tue Nile atmosphere Tor the
invalid II tss freedom from dampness. AnAc
that away from fts Us. .. !. :, .Ss s.errr
: Ear health than most other conntrses OF the
am. iatttude. The early evening 10 often-1
may say usaaliy--all thas we ne, mcss G.owlne
cious: the moou when ytsloael and her attend.
= n host Of heaven, put on . brtlliancy which
tae sky Of no other laad can surpass, and ron
mos. Rel river snid blaze OF Of
light and n luxury Of climate whose charms
AimOet insoxlcAts you with sense Of dreamy
delight Bat the night grows cooler a. It nd.
is positively unbearable. Until arriving here
I have worn the same clothing that am &C.
customed TO In New York, emitting the over.
coat after brsaktast. and except during the
veatesce. I doubt indeed, whether there Is
any such thing ~ an escape from sudden
changes Of temperature. Nor indeed are ING
air And exercise obtained dunn& = NE VIZ
unexceptionable. Strong winds are common
during the day aud ut such times the air 70
fail OF sand and dust, the Hrst from the desert
and the latter from the piles Of sun-dried Nth
aud garbage BY which every village Is sur
rounded.
Exercise can b. had on shore while the crew
are tracking their progress at such times be-
ing from one to two miles az hour; but when
a favorable wind arises, all hands, crew and
Messengers, must urry on board, and when
sporting passenger is Oh two or three miles en-
gagged in hunting at such times, there is often
good deal OF delay and sometimes cross looks
n,A hiatt PAe in r. fTxu
dragcnan II his engagement - by the trip. On
the other hand, 1t you travel by the day, both
crew aud drngoman often unite TO make 1t AS
lorg AS possible. As to exercise, all know that
10 be OF benefit 1t must be regular, aud the
Nile passenger will hnd his as regular as the
fcind. good row boat IL desirable above
fnauy things, and when our contract was read
add heard that we were to have ''jolly
boat" i reveled In anticipation ola great in.
crease Of muse ular strength, and of a great de-
struc,ion 10 the nocks of geese and ducks near
which our "joily" should bear us, when the
''hig boat could not spare time to deyiate
from her ''on ward and upward" course. But
i wasn't very jolly when saw that the 'tjolly"
was q clumsy, awkward boat, with oar locks
composed Of a peg and string, and occupied
by chicken and pigeon coops, a goat and some
straw! don't mean TO say that this was
trick of The dragoman for, after having seen
something Of Nile navigation, doubt whether
A. to exercise on your boat, ten feet Of prone
mad ing is about the limit. When the sun is
hot, as is the case usually during four hours OF
each day. your deck can have no awning, be-
canse, while lacking, it increases the labor OF
the men and decreases the speed, and when
there is 4 vivid it is in dangr of being stripped
up." The invalid who is anxious for an OPP
portunity to spend Winter ON the Nile, II he
believes this account, can judge for himself AS
TO the chances for improving bis health. 9th
will feel. after the trip, just as most men
do after building = house or stalking wife,"
that their experience has amazingly fitted them
for IN tar nris0 Of the kind.
Bat the reader must not fancy us dull or dis.
pirited during this week OF head winds. Far
from it, Head winds in going up the Nile are
the travellers blessings. Then is the time for
hunting and all those long shore" pleasures
which do so much to make glad the memories
of q Nile trip. Game is abundant, though
usually there is only one species easily taken,
which is the pigeon. They are OF the kind usual
ly domasticated in America, aud In their WIN
houses are private property. but in the fields
where they are found in thousands they are
the property of any marksman who can take
them The few hundreds killed by foreigners
are nothing in comparison with the ratio of
their increase Their houses occupying the
second story of the mud habitatiOns OF the
natives. constitute after the palm groves, the
most picturesque objects of the village. Rows
of water jars with their mouths just large
enough for pigeon TO enter. are built in the
wall, each containing one nest Sticks are
also built in the wall for the birds to rest on,
and morning and evening they are covered by
thousands of the feathered residents. Our
table has been pretty well supplied with this
sort of game We also obtained one wild duck
after u plentiful expenditure OF powder and
shot, though to whom the credit is due is not
quite SO clear. as the Major aud Mr.. S. both
participated We have seen myriads of geese
and ducks but usually they are very reserved
in their intercourse with foreigners. Several
times when the guns were unloaded they al
lowed our boats to approach quite near. /
share my gun with Major w, on the AIinnsha-
Aa aud my best chances always come when he
has it, though once while cleaning it, and with
both barrels full Of water, we came upon a
flock of geese almost near enough to see the
gabblers wink.
Our upward trip has also been diversified
by a wonderful fatality among our ramrods.
had just brought down what supposed
was a hawk one afternoon, but which Achmet
the boat, near the shore, when on reloading
the ramrOd was SO delighted that it jumped
out of the barrel and leaped into the river,
never, l fear, to rise again. My fellow travel-
lers seemed 10 think this n good joke, but on
the next day but one Mr. S. having Just load
ed worthless gull or ibis came sailing past
on whom he felt inspired to exercise his skill,
and forthwith, without stopping to draw the
rod from the barrel, sent it whizzing after the
wbite-winged erial navigator, Frightening
him considerably and getting nearly kicked
over himself. Since then. in attempting to
draw charge from his gun with Mr.. It's
rod. he pulled the screw off, leaving it in the
gun, and imagining his charge to be quite
small. $50 small that it would not send the
wad out at first,) he fired II into the floor OF
the boat sending the shot in an iuch and a
half until it struck a spike, while the screw
went too far ever to be seen again. He bought
AN iron-mOunted ramr0b at BenisOef, full a
foot too long. Mr.. It's is now an inch too
short, and / make my gun available by the
aid OF the Majors cane.
But we had other experiences than these
during this week Of head winds and Gains
In the cool of the day, when the sun was fast
declining, but while 1t was verging on to high
noon over the frozen pavements of New York,
it was pleasant TO sit ON the deck and feel the
soft air OF this summer CLINE, or watch the
Egypt Is poor in goods of this world and poor
IN scenery, but rich in the attractions of
clear atmosphere aud gorgeous sun painting.
There is not the variety OF Italy, since clouds
and de icate coloring, whose like few other
lands IAN exhibit. All around the horizon
there comes mellow, rose. Hinged haze, bor-
dered by the deepest blue, while along the
West, in the full glare OF his parting light,
there hangs vail of such wOndrous coloring,
that il seems almos, n proclamation for human
eyes to gaze upon Il. The great feature is YER
million, but SO rich are the tints OF rose aad
In the picture. The river, too, at such times,
when there is no wind TO disturb its quiet,
seems to catch a sort of heavenly inspiration.
The bending sky imparts q portion of its
own splendOr, and the stream for miles in ad-
vance is warm with the very tints that glow
on the cheek Of beauty. This passes AWAY
with the twilight and then over the river, the
" heat fields, the shining shore and the desert.
there falls the spiendors of moonlight. We
were favored in this respect. Egypt has more
moonlight than other lands, simply because
there are SO few clouds In the atmosphere. /
cannot say that the quality is ~ much supe-
that each successive display IL the grandest
mortal eyes ever gaxed upon. But better need
not be- asked fOl, nor can 1t be found. 1t 10
soft, warm. brilliant: gorgeous. The very de-