The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-05-06
Street Scenes in Old Egypt.

Formerly, the streets of the bazaars were
so narrow that hardly camel could pass
through them, but now many of those in
both Alexandria and Cairo are passable by
carriage. But this is always with discom-
fort, and sometimes dangerous. To clear
the way, the carriages are not unfrequently
provided each with a forerunner, or says.-
This is usually young man Of good strong
voice, pleasing appearance, and clad in
white, with great flowing bishops sleeves.
| He runs ahead of the carriage and cries
out, with an go" before everything or per-
son: go man, o woman, o donkey-driver,
0 camel-driver, 0 chickens, o oranges
(mcaning by these last the person carrying
chickens Or oranges, to the right to the
left"'
| When l first saw this strange sight, it
| seemed to be degrading beyond all language
to express it, that human being should
be running at his full speed ahead of a
! span of horses in full trot, and this under
broiling sun, with perhaps sluggard
| doing away in his easy coach-the only
one to profit by the toll of man and brute.
The first carriage rode in while in Cairo
was provided with a says, but did not
know it until some time after had started,
| or should have felt .inclined to seek one
without this appendage. l afterward
became convinced that the arrangement in
the crowded parts of the cities is an abso-
Int ,fxy. l,,{ =,
quence attached to it, and the nobility have
their forerunning says in attendance even
while riding on the country roads, where
no obstruction may be possible. The GUS
tom strikes one as very old, and the very
first time saw it illustrated here, Scrip
ture passage or two came to my mind In
l Samuel s: 2, we read, "And some shall
run before his chariots;'' and a number of
expressions in the prophecies and gospels
bearing on the office and mission of the
Precursor of Christ clearly refer to the
same custom, which was, no doubt, univer-
sal in the East. The says carries a torch
at night, to light up the way for the carriage,
and he takes great pains to make a full and
garish light for the convenience of the
occupants. Even of this we find indubita-
bic traces in the Scriptures, as when we
read in Nahum: "The chariots shall be
with flaming torches The chariots
shall rage in the streets; they shall jostle
one against another in the broad ways;
they shall seem like torches; they shall
run like the lightnings. "-DR. HURsT's
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