New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-16

ting 70 ths water's edge, ana rising 10 "
eastern dissanee to tho noble peak Of Noun
Gunah; g group OF mountains In th,
uesghborha08 Of Galfat and Davra Tabol
brought hack the beauties of EnRllsl
scenery, connbined with tropical luxnrianct
and Alpine grandeur, most wildly to tx
ihagIaasIOa From the great height Of The
bed Of Lake Taanm, 60a0 feet above the sen
level, tho character Of the e9nRtry arcund
is quite European, the chief vegetable pro-
| dnce consisting OF vince, melons, maize
| plams. and the timber chiefly oak and !
kind OF fir or pine. At any rate, on reach.
ing the shore of tae lake, where we en-
oaInped in o maize Geld on the banks of 4
small stream, the temperature was Euro.
| pean Rnaagh 60 make gearing Gre very
welcome. Ny companions were rather
communicative this evening, and told me
marvellous stories Of 6 wonderful saint, |
| am serry have forgotten his name, and
whose salifsrings put St. Sgylites entirely
| into the shade. For Ave years be Law in a
cage, only allowing his body one position
| TO lie In; ten more he passed in cavern,
| where be never beheld the sun, and only
| took the air at night, protected by the wild
beasts from all harm, Still ten years long
er he lay on naked rock fall in the burn
4 ing rays Of the sun and, as if that had not
made him mad enough to be entitled to
csnoniEation, be took to the waters Of
Lake Dembea, where be lay fifteen years
among crocodiles and hippopotami.
especially protected by the holy Miriam
herself, till at last his legs dropped off,
which precious relics are carefully pre-
served in the parish church at Axum,
which is, in consequence, a most frequented
place Of pilgrimage.
Sleeping in the open air is, no doubt,
very romantic, bat when you have all kinds
of creeping things, Shiny reptiles with a
hundred legs crawling over your face, you
seen awake 10 due appreciation of what
/ you haven't gotta clean bed and blankets
| to tuck yourself upi in. / was never so
l glad in all my life as when the sun rose and
warmed my shivering frame. l felt like
| typhns, nervous fever, and ague, all rolled
into one, and verify believe that if had
not taken strong dose of quinine that |
| should have died that day Of complica-
| ton of disorders. As II was, recovered;
my race was not yet run; and, continn-
| ing our journey through the fertile, we'll
/ cultivated plains Of Dereskie, arrived in
the course Of the next day at Gondar city
| Of the priests, the whilom capital of Abys-
sinia. Its the residence of the chief digni-
taries OF the church; hence its appellation,
and ofthe AbIra Salapa, present patriarch
Of the Abyssinian church.
| Gondat is a town Of considerable an
| tiquity, built along the sioping ridge and
sides of hill at an altitude of some 7OOO
feet above the level of the sea, and sur
mounted by the gimp or castle, to which
l was at once led II was large, irregu-
| lar building, of massive, well-hewn
masonry; the walls of immense thick
ness, and some parts evidently very
ancient. An excellent view was
obtained from this eminence over the
wide plains Of Dereskie to the noun
tains Of AgaumedeE fringing the southern
sky. - $3.50. ..-..
| had not much time, however, to admire
the scenery, for a number Of soldiers, in a
rather Adafnite condition Of dress, rushed
out upon US and demanded who and what
| / was, and whether / had brought any
presents to the king. On answering in the
negative, and adding g besana,h only my
SELF they shock their heads in a very
ominous fashion, and led me through the
massive portal into the courtyard, where l
was taken to spacious chamber in which
Ras Yakoob babe me wait, leaving half a
dozen men to guard ms till he came back.
He soon made bis reappearance in company
with a person whom 1 recognized by his
habiIiments to be a priest, Though | might
| have looked in vain at bis bloated, sensual
face for any external evidence of the
slightest internal fitness for his post, or
| any Christian duties whatever. This gen
tlefnan in black was the Abuna Salama in
| person, and had evidently come to gloat
over the misfortunes of the hereto Frank,
and satisfy himselfas to the probability Of
extorting something of value, presents or
money, before his imperial majesty should
prevent it by sending the possible donor
out of the wsrld.
''Siete aneOra unO di questi maladetti
eretici, gil nemici della nostra santa re-
ligiOne?' Care you another OF those ae-
cursed heFetics, the enemies of eur holy re-
ligiOn2l 1.-THE religion which was brought
TO us by the Saints FreemeRtius and Aede-
Illus themselves ~
. Non e COST, santo PADRE" Not SO, holy
father.) 81 have nothing whatever iE com
mon with the missionaries, my business as
doctor is with the body and not with the
soul y
Have you not come here to strive to
overthrow our ancient church, aud SOW the
seeds of strife and dissansion amongst our
tlOek?9 a Il9g5.gas asa 50
Far, far be i IRON nae, whose beard is
but scarcely grown, 70 act against the wis
dom Of your gray hairs. ?
Hl4nt ye are all liars aud robbers,
you English. You come TO us disguised as
workmen, Pretend 70 occupy yourself sole
~ with yeur profession, but all the time
are undermining the autherity of the
church and running the peeple.n
= YouE helinesal kRglishmen, as iule,