New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-12

10 travel through Tins ulslficb OF Aliica
and not to be interested in the types and
customs Of the native women is to ignore
maternity In it's most pr0miseuous, but
fruitful forms. The SOudan infant is On at
o1nie creature and, being thus minute,
comes very often to bless the matron's
pride.
The mother, however, SO prolific OF hu-
man life. possesses physique ana teihpeid-
fnent which belong 10 Der particular lrlDe
Of negroes She nay be very small and
very pretty, IL beauty can giisten over the
dark features Of an Abyesinian maid; or
she may be very gross, very thickly bari1ed,
very densely dyed and very coarsely cut IN
nose. lip and chin, ike the nubas. At Der
berI spent as much time as ! could with
profit and cleanliness among the huts and
novels ia order to have close view OF the
rising and setting generation. The chit
dren that rOu see is sHch meanderings are
mostly boys though u would be impossible
70 distinguish the sexes were not all the
children uncovered. Ihe family prOFider
does not believe IN wear for his offspring,
and if he did there are no chldren's fur
nishing stores to supply them with even
tho garb Of Eden. The cunning little
specks Of humanity thus tOddle about the
naked, barren hut. the only furniture there
10 being an auggeb (bedl, few odds and
ends, such as Soudan sword, water
pouch and two or three crude dishes where
with to cook the duwah.
/ think o. young BerbeF negro, say at
four years OF age, has the most perfect
symmetry / have ever seen IN unclad ma
ture. The infant seems TO develop from
the germ into hard, unpliable gutta-
percha blackness and Tigidity Of texture
which gives one the thought that he might
be nodded upon a block OF wood. His skin
is as tight as that Of a baked drumhead
his flesh is seamless, and according to his
hue resembles polished ebony or lockwood.
Hia feet are quite tiny, and his limbs sup
port 8 juvenile abdomen that more than re-
produces the Hon William NJ. Tweed IN
miniature The development Of the child
nj four ears to what is called aldermanc
proportions is most extraordinary through.
out the whole country, Among some
tribes IL amounts to def0rmity The
obesity must, / believe, be the result of
dates and camel's milk and the exceeding
quantities OF grain which stuff the infant
crops.
Curiously enough, eoFpuleney arrives in
che SOudan during the period Of childhood
and diminishts with advancing age. There
are some exceptions, but not many. Tile
tender Africal cupid is early utilized, and
the mother takes back her difFnsed strength.
The lad is appointed to nurse his next
younger Of kl, aud be bears his newly-ar-
rived foundliag around in his arms with
the pride of d father. He then graduates
from the huts and is promoted to the field,
or, If his family would be aristocratic, he is I
higher caste if he follows the river. The /
same as in our white nation, we are better /
men il we follow the sea, There are no |
trades in the S0udan, and the boy is a nOnce |
in every branch OF industry and art, and /
an expert alone ia incidence. The males, |
from ten years Of age to sixty, do not ave
rage one hours work q dav The COpts
Greeks, Italiaas aud Lower Egyptians, per-
form more labor ii the Soudan; even they /
bestOw seven eight Of their exertions on
their lusts OF body. Infants thus are not |
Graded on the So eat Of their brOWs, except |
az far as sharing the material burdens. At
thirty the native begins to grow old-aDd
when say native, 1 mean the thousand.
and one classes of black men who inhabit the
banks Of the Thee. Race is almost obliter-
ated southward of Khertoum, and the diHer-
ent tribes are no longer gregariOus. Walk
through the Bazaar of Berber. You will
find that most every face presents a differ
ent type a different shade, different intel
leetuaiity. This salmagundi has resulted
from an intermingling of races which have
come in contact witheach other in the re-
latiOn of master aud servant or BY a pro-
combination, which is constrained
by no moral obligation. Yet / may add
touching the morality of Berber and the
other Ethiopian towns, it is much higher
than that of the city of New York Fo- in
stance, there are dancing girls in Berber,
yet they can not be seen without the per
mission of the authorities, while Water
street is on unsightly spectacle Of revel -
the prondest of American cities. You can
not here, as you can in Europe, demand II
you are OF such nationality" and be
pretty sure you have made no mistake. /
Here you have to put your doubt in the
form OF direct interrogation Ihaye been
greatly puzzled to tell how far a man has !
ilaims to be called an Arab. In some cases
she Sheyks have the features and marks of |
Ethiopian birth, coupled with the authority
and wealth Of princes. The Arabs, Of
course, rule to the farthest reaches of the
Nile and its tributaries.
The women, the villagers of Berber, are
Arabs, negroes and Abyssinians. The Arabs
came mostly from tie lower Nile, or belong
10 the dusky Eellahline of the SOudan,
while the negroes and Abyssiuians are the ;
product OF slave trading in the Soudan.
Being anxious to see Berber dOnestiealIy I
ust as it u.s. I caused il to be reported that I
wished to buy female slave. There !
we're no public markets, so / became ac- G
luainted with a Syrian merchant, who had @
leen one month a resident Of Berber. Y
tOf course can sell you a slave" said v
le in French. a
Where are they p i
The merchant was seated in his store, |
he most elegant IN town, drinking sherb5t i
and smoking a chibOok. He rose to accom- D
Dany me. The counter loafers had in the e
gathered from all the other shops | Z
n the bazaar, and mad, ana c0ce opened a | 4
ire Of complaints against the government. d
listened patiently to the story of their Z
oppressive taxation, police restraints, \
high interests, no money, fiat trade-with !
lnly that Importance which a person can p
assume who has no real power to redress a 2
.riev0us wrong. l told them Significantly
hat I would reflect upon their petitions
Conscious Of being mighty In their midst
rather IN the midst of their imaginatiOns-I
passed ont of the shop detihng by their rev !
arentia4 salaams. Probably not one man in :
-he knot knew where America was The
merchant who was a sleek Syrian, AFRO j ii
eating 60 himself the nationality of Greek. r
Tor the purpose Of an ephemeral respeota- q
lllity then conducted me a few wards dis. | L
.ant down a narrow lane, Knocked ~ a X
midst of his harem. ~
1t was the first time had ever. bsl,,1,,
human beings Of his harem for sale. M T"
irst object l saw was a monkey, in Whose
lace l detected a strayed shadow of al.
ness Chained near him was a beautiful
desert gazelle, which we afterward houUbt
for the SUN Of 81. An Ekhuin dor-whie6 I
cut his incis0rs on the leg OF Mr.
morris--a large, shaggy, fer0eiOus beast, q
was entertaining the harem by his hideous 4
yeils. This was portion of the sceneryin D
double court Of a mud palace in the city n
ol Seroer' az two o'clock in the afternoon =
hat Kind OF slave do you want = .
asked the merchant. X
THAT depends A
"But a male OF a female 2" a
A female" replied promptly, wishing \
to see the merchandise
While this eolloQuy was proceedip5 vva
neared The second court, and there saw