Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-19
4 SKETCH or BOMBAY-STRTI-F
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"Carlrlor," the lively correspondent Of the
Boston journal, is writing some Interesting
letters from india. We quote below from
one OF them:
"Wonld ihlt the farmers OF New England.
who about these days, are driving their
teams nfrld, could zee how the Hindoos man.
age th,iroNer. Think of a pair Of lean, lank
kline, with huras eighteen inches long stick
ing straight mp into the air, with great
hump uu the back-oVer the shoulders A
straight piece of round wood limb ola
uee riJ inches in diameter for a woke, four
PIN, zach about ten inches long, driven
through lht yoke to keep il ia place on the
necks 81 the animals ropes instead Of bows
not la-hed TO the horns but tied around
the ue ,ks; a cord in the nOstTil of each OK.
with ieins attached a two.wheeled cart,
with four seats, the driver sitting in front
bare headed, bars-8rmed, bare-footed, bare
legged, barely dressed in every respect
one bit Of rag about the lOins; three Hin
doo passengers, a bare Of clothing as him
seii, ihr oxen upon the trot or eanter, the
du-ky Jchu handling the reins adroillv.
turning rharp corners, Ticking his way
through lhc crowd a. easily aud quickly
~ the back men Of your city can thread
their 'our,r ,,n Washington street.
" Ih" peninsula IL wider here, aud we
suou teach the suburbs, where the Europe
ans sud larsres and rich native merchants
lave. We hud broad avenues, as smooth
~ ih, rea beach, shaded by tropical trees
~ great variety. We pass stately palac =
surrounded by spacious gardens. We look
up The long gr2veled walks and behold
HoWes's nt every hue--eKotics Of the tenn
perats Zone mingled with the fora Of the
tropics oleand q, magnOlias, laburnuins.
acae'is oranges and lemons, honey snckie,
vubsna- roses, SzAlias, petuaias, tigrr-lilies
the euure hurA OF our greenhouse bloom
ing "a the open air; vines and cteepcrs.
clem6tls and lessRmine climbing the VALE.
over running summer houses trees wholly
unlike those which We are accustomed Ia
sre--no elms, no naples, or giant oaks, but
the tall and slender palm, the PALMYRA
the roCuanut, with their green plumrs
gracefully moving in the bretzrs, the ban.
van, a ioHest "a itself, sending its neS
trunkz down into the generous earth And
spreading Its branches Ear and Wide thickiy
thruu iog uul its leaves, making delight
tai shade the India rubber tree. the teak,
the Il {, aud mango The Parrep, A. Ear as
ln hasa lies, makes his earthly home Par
adi,e Hes palace IL large and luity. lie
has W,de halle, deep verandaha anil pas.
s1ge-WaNs running in all directions. ~ that.
let ia, breeze come from the sea or the
mountains, from the north or the south. il
may awrep through his halls The Parseez
are the lsskees Of the East -the business
men who know the knsCk Of making
money la another letter shall have
somcl hing more 10 say about them. They
rurpss- the English in the elegance OF their
rgr,d.ucss Getting beyond the palaces
aud villas We come 70 the plains. reaching
north ward and eastward, bounded 10 ihe
dian distance by mountains
"ln approaching the city from lhe sea. OF
looking down upon it from The hotel, We
see leu rpr,s lowers and dome- Of, huuh,s
temples or public buildings hat a long
reach ~ tiled rOofs, wide streets. open tots
patches Of green foliage, with BAT lev oh.
jert- 10 stra,t special attention
81 ok a'i early walk before che -lp was
az The morning, and saw Eome queer sc.nes
Ia thu strrst.. Che people were flA risne
hundreds OF them from the ground IN
front vt their shOps-men, women aud chill !
dren, where they had made their beds f,r
The "ghL some we're still asleep and 1 |
came hear disturbing The slumhers of |
y"unE man, as turned corner, by falling |
hIiSAui'ng over him. 1t does pol take a |
ll,no'1 lopg 20 dress especially Shrh kis
Sniy bAlme"' Il strip Of cloth around tbe !
lotus s lne children, like those ia many |
Anisilea" homes, were up bright and r,rly
Makes and P'eA. notioed Ib,, a.
were were 90. dressed quite well enough 10 NAL |
Ihsir appearance Al Sunday scbool T.,
= '. oDunlly where :, ne father aud mo,Lrr
max H'rip q ea9sa Of the sizs ofs di-b. I
wiper serve lof iail dresa, il is lot 10 tbe
ha'"n' OF ihinga that Their Offspring sbe,,ls 7
spPeaf "a coat, Jacket and Paaiz, or EN-.
Hoe, AID traiis Ike those which some
young ladies Of Boston nse Tor sWeeping
the streets. Tbs costumes 6fthe u.;sssess
OF the West-ezpscially lhtsball ro- M
dress's-hsve longer Ekirts aud perhaes