The daily gazette., 1877-08-03
The FELLAH.

RTloN AND CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE EGYPTIAN PEASANT.
m an article on Egypt in the Lon
saturday Review we take the follow
announcement made lately that
''onal eXactlons are to be laid on the
y overburdenedpeople cannot fail to
feeling of indignation in the mind
one who has become acquainted
me Fellah at home. We talk much
gland abont slavery in Egypt, and
Featly shocked that such a thing
4 exist anywhere. Benevolent peo-
* questions about it in Parliament,
Pa ladies become hysterical on the
f. The fact is that the position of
'e IN an ordinary household is luxu-
'ldIeness and well-fed comfort COM
70 That OF the peasant proprietors or
plural la6orer. There are strict and
PIE laws made for the slave. He
&aVe justice for every wrong expect
men made him a slave. But the
is practically helpless. No one
pleiiere because the taxes are in
FL IN the Said, or because the land
Some places relapsing into desert,
lhe people can no longer buy seed
= nothing left after the collectors
PuI their naked, hungry children and
'ale mud. The money raised by
Ioh goes to enrich the collector, the
Rllor' The Pasha. The Khedive, every
eApect The native Egyptian and
1 New streets and palaces, gardens
T., haroors and lighthouses, are
inaue' put nothing comes back to
nners an',F ol the money which pays for
costly undertakings. Great sugar
,es a, are Dullt in which the machinery
~ o changed as English or
Wv oe1iseers Sc are appointed. The old
are leit 10 rust on the banks, though
1 prlee n mas been wrung the lifeblood
! people, When things were sun
En-, W , ue al their worst last year, the
.oy gave sumptuous breakfast and
'nna lraeu each guest with costly ring.
Ehno, " are growing up and require es-
Slilllents: English horses. diamonds.
|vn'' ro I. ana pretty Circassians are ex-
Ie n.ieS',les necessities which must be provid-
daughters require dowries snitable
sl ra eAalIed rank. Still more expen-
i,e in',s standing armies and fruitless ex-
,S o1 aHn'o 10 Apyssinia and Turkey. I'm
II # Iia,i It','is 20 TO entertain foreign visi-
: roi iistlslctlon D, and to provide steamers
! p%,,,s tan''.. ior :, them. English people are
irUas set mat the Khedive, with all
eeS, oe,' IS sui Turk. He impresses
sia''. selo VINO VINO have the privilege of an
n,oI,; T WIN INN by his ability, indus
& Lng glgehce, and good impulses. But
Las "'u IN no early practical training,
p~,nAii Aii ms experience to acquire
EI"3G II"'n93klhg mistakes. Were he Wm.
'nn oSell he could not succeed in fill
Innn g positions simultaneously of
I,or o,'Of or the Exchequer, Foreign
Minister Of War, Board of
!, ~ anu general autocrat.
i, ,''' .', as LIS peasant cultivators
, So , gun, rot mud. For ordinary
",,g,qnlleS no manure and little
ri, ne Yield with tue most prim-
Nv, rrHage' is enormous. Two crops
th, m1y be grown in a year, or
IpiIe' ,he' The moment a canal is
'ie ground in It's vicinity grows
n,,, ~ needs no preparation for the
,nl yu' d ltIle surfat scratching and
E, ehha'sts hs Tor irrigation. Mean
"e ola ltbor-wasling methods
"',, 'r ,leialned. New canals might
d,' pled indefinilely always with
M m" 80 ttsnits but under the present
NJ +" VI VI forced labor they can only
:, ,.n', At The cost of the lives of many
f%inners. The Fellah drafted
n"m his home, haId worked. i'll
IL treated dies of the slight
ess' IL is said that when a new
~ % oegnn the Khedive secures
'nu o' nearest 10 it. his rffi ;ers take
~ S'.les next and the + 3llah who
i, ~ gets little or no benefit. He
J, ~ SUI 10 stand at his bucket.
h only a rag round his loins,