Litchfield enquirer., 1872-01-25

A,soxa HE HUTs IN EGYPr.-Under .a,i~ tisle an English lady fnEiss Whately1 I.@ v,-,hIished an agreeable book of -IstebeS of Egyptian life. She went to C~;~1 t., derote herself to the task of C1-;S.;~nizine the Christians and the
 Wo-I~r1s of that city and of Egypt at I~~-. -n1 cnve her time and means to the ---issssH~ v-isieh gre the chief instruments
 7hS following sample of the reception ~hirD her missionary laboFs sometimes r.at wfth. illustrates feminine weakness:
 bad q curious instance of the devotion of ..ar sex to personal appearance, when visiting a pOor fishing village one day,
 ~herp several of the women, ragged and rather barbarous in their looks and ways, yEsrn sauatted about among dust heaps at fba entrance of their huts. They were uos so uneourteous, however, and invited
 me to stay little with them; and two or three. after some conversation, listened to zoroe messages which read from the Tes- lament I had with me, and seemed inter ested. though excessively ignorant. of course. One elderly woman with face like a walnut in complexion, and grlz- zIed locks partially stained of tawny color hanging over her eyes, sat steadily gazing at me, and, I hoped, was attend ing to the story I was trying to explain. Yes, yes; it's good" she presently ob- served ''but I wish to now to ask you 8 question" And on being given permis- sion q was naturally hoping for some question on the subject of the reading), she continued;
 Have you something in the way of medicine you could give meg" ''Whatl Are you sick?" asked. 'Where is your rnalady?" ''I am not sick, but my hair is turning gray, and wish you to give me some sort of medicine to make it as be- fore!' ':Ah, my good woman, this is not m my power. Beside, at your age, it is only natural to have gray hair. You are getting Oldl Did you ever hear of Solo mon, and what he said about this?" "We all know Nebby Suleyman" (the prophet SolOmon), exclaimed venerable, white bearded fisherman, who sat smoking his long pipe near us. "His words must be good" ''Well, he said that the hoary head was a crown of glory, if it be found m tue way of righteousness. The old man applauded, but the poor woman sighed deeply, and shook her head, as she stroked plait of parti-colored hair that hung over her shoulder and said. Gould yOu not find me 8 medicine for t?" was obliged to disappoint her, and endeavored to show her the futility of her desires, and to make her see the wisdom of higher matters; but, though one of her neighbors and the old man both appeared moved in some degree, and were ready to listen, she was too absorbed in the hair to think of anything else.
 ELEPHANTS AT SEA.-A few facts about the elephants now going to Chittagong in the Scotia, under the command of Captain w. E. Matthews, may be interesting to our readers. The hOisting up into the air, and lowering down into the hold of ship, of such huge animals, is not only an unusual sight to most men, but also 8 strange experience to most elephants; in- decd, notwithstanding the great age of the beasts, 1t seldom occurs to them once in lifetime. Weare sorry to see it stated by a contemporary that the animals were goaded and ill-used into submission. So far as we saw no in-usage was practiced they were simply secured, lashed with strong ropes, slung as far as practicable Tn slings, hoisted up with cranes with threefold tackles, and lowered into the steamers hold like bales of cotton. When m the hold they were placed in pens built of strong teak timber baulks, bolted to the ships side to prevent them from breaking loose. The fear the animals suffered was the only pain they underwent, and by watching the eyes of the poor beasts, their terror was very manifest; tears trickled down their mild contenances; and they roared with dread, more especially when being lowered int0 the hold, the bottom ofwhich was sanded for them to stand upon We are told that one timid female ele- phaut actually tainted, and was brought to" with fan and many gallons of water. At sea it appears that the elephants got into a curious habit of occasionally-evi- dently with a preconcerted signal-set- ting to work rocking the ship from side to side by giving themselves simultaneously a swaying motion as they stood athwart the ship, the vessels rolling heavily, as if m heavy sea way. This they would do for a spell of an hour or more and then desist for several hours, until the strange freak took hold of them again. At Chit tagOng, we hear that they were hoisted out of the hold, and swan on shore, thir- ty-five being thus safely landed without any accident whatever. Our informant says that when they were released from the Slings, 1t was a supreme moment for the mahOut, who was always on the ele- phant's neck from the time of its touch ing the water to letting go. As the word was given to ''let go, each of the ele- phants, either from the lightness of his heart at being freed from his floating pris- On, or from his own weight, we are not sure which-lightness of heart, like light ness of head, causes elephants and men to play pranks-plunged down deep into the water, the mahout on his neck. The anxiety on the face of the mahout just one second before the plunge was study; water from his trunk and the latter from hIs nose. FOrty-fOur more elephants go down by the same steamer to Chittagong. -CdicHtta E9qliShmGn
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