The mountain Democrat., 1864-09-17

the bey, speaking ID it8s2>1o'T tlptBSAHA
young officer in my suite, one MShODet
ASA. whO, I think, will tame the proud
spirit Of the Egyptian nsheater.' (The
animal was called ,maneater by the En-.
glish groows, in consequence Of his hav-
Ing lscefated frightfully one who bad aP-
pFOached him without sufficient cautiOn.)
An arrangement was made accordingly
Ell Bey made his appearance in the
Prince's riding school, in Pail Mall, &C.
cOmpauied by Mah1met Aga, who AP-
peared to be . man Of great agility and,
determination. The Prince vas there,
surrounded By many nObleupen and gen.
tlemen Of his court, all anxious to witness
the contest between a wild horse and
Wild rider, and presently the savage Son
Of the Desert was led into the arena BY
two grooms, plunging and kicking iuri
Ously, and only prevented from biting by
a clOse.itting puzzle. He had Nam
louk saddle upon his back, placed there
by the grooms not without great Difficult.
ty, and SO rampant was his conduct 10
general, that those present deemed it i'm
possible for any person to, mount him.
As he was led past the spot where Ma.
homet Aga was standing, that agile Mus.
sulman made one spring at him, and Was
firmly seated in the Mamlouk saddle bes,
fore the animal could make movement
to prevent him No sooner did the horse
feel this unaccustoIned burden, than he
gave way to the Esrocity Of his nstures
tearing and plunginP about the arena In
every direction; but the MAmlouk kept
his seat, firmly, throughout this proud
distraction Of brute passion, sitting with
his short stirrups a. easily as in chair,
and meeting every motion Of the horse
with corresponding one, for the space
of twenty minutes, to the great astOnish-
ment Of all the behoIders. The appar-
emily ungovernabIe animal was by this time
reduced to so tame and accommodating q
state Of submission, as to yield entirely to
the control of his able rider. who was
highly complimented by the Prince upon
his success, and thenceforth the observed
of all observers during his stay in Lon.
don.
Among the Tartar hordes of Asia, the
wild rider flourishes in all his primitive
freshness. There is q race called Uzbeck,
who are rather superior in most respects
to the other Tartar tribes by whom they
are bordered The Uzbeck would be
nothing without his horse, in whose 60
ciety he passes the whole of his life
There is no pauper among the UZbecks
so impoverished as not to possess at least
one horse. He may have no tent Of sta
BILE he may be utterly devoid; but horse,
in so ne shape or another. is sure to be
his. An Uzbeck beggarman is indeed .
strange sight to the rambler from civil
zation. He is no less ragged than the
beggarman Of polished communities as to
his garb he is not one whit behind these
industrial characters with regard to the
quantity and quality of his vermin but
he is evidently superior to them 10 his
style Of mendicancv for he gallops up tC
you on horseback and beseccnes 70 u
for aims as highwayman demands your
purse Near TO the Uzbeck .rambles that
ugly little savage called the Camuck Tar
tar. He, too, lives chiefly on horseback,
and to great extent on horseGesh - that
with mares milk, forming the stap'e Ol
his food. When at loss for fuel, bis
mode Of cooking a sirloin steak Of horse
meat is peculiar, if not rice. He cuts IL
in large, thin slice, places it upon his
horses back, and, having strapped on the
saddle over it, mounts and rides as hard
as he can go for twenty miles or se,ab"OI
which distance it takes To cook his din.
ner according to his taste. A horsesteak,
cooked upon horse back, under the saddle
what dinner for wild rider
The great steppcs. or undulating plains
bordering upon the northeastern shores oi
the Caspian Sea, are roamed also by q pc.
C lliar rare of wild riders known as the
Khirgiz. KAYAKS. These plans are varied
b, forests ot a large shrub called the sax.
owl. in which many wild animals find
refuge. The shores Of the lakes and est
uares are covered with gigantic reeds,
towering to a hight of more than thirty
feet, among these the tiger has his lair,
and wild bOars Of great size and ferocity
wander. These animals, with uthcr smai.
Ter game. such as the VOebuck, are pur-
sued on horseback by the Khirgis. Kssaks,
and killed with the lance or with bows
and arrows. Any smaller game than the
roebGck is looked upon by these people
with great contempt. A French traveller
relates that, thinking to amuse one Of the
chiefs, whose hospitality he was enjoying.
he related to him, through his interpreter,
how hares are hunted in Europe, giving .
description Of that sport. The Khirgiz
KaZak listened to him with an ill.conceal
ed smile of derision, and, when he had
finished. asked him to walk out into the
saxo wl thicket, there showed him how
the hares Of that country are tanner, even,
than our domestic rabbits; allowing them
selves to be taken by hand.
But the prince Of all the wild riders,
perhaps, is the CosS0ck Of the Don. TaA
and 1.-THE, with his dropping moustAche,
and features displaying but little Of the
Tartar mould, there is Soldierly dignity
about this natural dragoon that certainly
entities him to distinction. He ia fire.
quently thief, it is true, and he prefers
train.oi to almost any other tap (brandy,
perhaps, exceptei). but he is clean in his
person. which, among Russo Asiatic
tribes must be reckOned as an exceptional
virtue --aRd his round. d.barrelled, eve
necked horse, OF small size, but great
swiftness and endurance, is his especial
pride And yet if this wild horseman Is
a thief, as is generally stated. he has his
punishment Tor theft, and a very queer
and peculiar penalty it Is. The culErtt is
tied to post in some public pert Of the
town, while;by his side are deposited q
bottle of brandy. a,lOaf Of bread, and Z
number Of good. .stent sticks. Everybody
who passes has the. privilege of admins
terin8 70 the culprit IS many blows o. be
thinks proper with one Of thea. Atieks.
after which it is OptiOual with him 70
treat him to dram from the -bottle and {
cut from the loaf How Would 1t DO to
Introduce this punishRsnt, into our high
/ II e;z;l;aad- -oonnuA.,nltlaaa ALL .aa.sa1,