The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-13

amusement Of the company. Had
den's experience with donkeys bad
made him circumspeet. and the Gen.
eral advised him to select as small an
animal as possible, or as . precau-
tionary measure that valuable life
should be saved to the navy, tha. be
should tie himself on its back. The
General himself had hcrse placed
at bis disposal by the Pacha who
rules the district, but be rode the an
animal with a protest, as it had 8
shambliug gait, aud wished that
courtesy TO his host did no. prevent
bis taking g donkey. The Marquis
had some difficulty in pleasing him
self, and at last when be set out with
an umbrella under his arm and his
eyes shaded with sombre speetaeles,
the suggestion was made that he was
a Methodist col9orteur on journey
Of preaching. But there was q
CLEAN Of satisfaction in his noble
face, as be informed US that couple
Of camels had gone up from the town
ladened with refreshments, and that
we should have breakfast in the tenn
pie. As | have hinted in this CORE
spondence, the Marquis has no en-
thuslasm for ruins, especially Egyp-
tIsn ruins, while be has positive and
valuable views about breakfast. So
Ia time we were off over the country
for Abydos. The fields were crack
ed, and The bitches, which in good
times would carry irrigatiug streams,
were dry. Each of Us had two
Arabs for an escort, and the duty of
these attendants seemed to be to en-
courage his beast by sound some
thing between a whisper and hiss,
or shouting or beating him. l rsth-
er thlnk the beating did not amount
to much, for these people love their
animals and live with them and make
them companions and friends. But
the lady of our expedition would not
endure the stick, and we were halted
and hasssn was summoned and told
to say to the attendants that they
must not beat the donkeys or they
would have no b1ksheesh, not far
thing. There could be no more fear
iui punishment than this, aud there
was 10 more beating. But the Arabs
had their satisfaction in kneeling and
running at your side and seeking
conversation. Their observations
became monctonous. Good don
key, My name Mohammed," my
name Ali" Good donkey" Z" y ankee
Doodle" "Good morning" Good
Donkey" Others came with bits of
searabee aud bits of ancient pottery,
fragments Of mummy lids and shreds
OF mummy cloth to drive trade. l
was OF the point Of making a moral
observation upon the character OF
people who would rifle the tombs OF
their ancestors and make merchan-
disc OF their bones and grave orna-
ments, when it occurred to me that
those were Arabs and descended,
not from the Egyptians, but from the
men who conquered the Egyptians
and occupied their land. hope it is
not against the laws of war for
eonquering race to sell the bones OF
those they have defeated, for our
Arabs were 50 poor and wretched
that no one could grudge them any
means Of earning paistre. This run
ming trade continues all the way,
and in time you become used to it,
as iu time one could become used to
anything, except, perhaps, having the
Democratic party in power. You
become used to the noises, the con-
versstion, the e1treaties to buy, and
rode on unconscious, or, if anything,
amused with your Arab, who is gen.
orally an amusing, good nstured
scamp, of wonderful endurance, and
anxious to please. | became quite
friendly with my Mohammed Ali,
who had two English phrases with
which he constantly piled mel
am serene" and Yankee Doodle"
The latter phrase was the name Of
his donkey, and | was about to thank
him for this kind recognition of my
country when Hassan, from whom |
draw great stores of information,
told ME that they had a variety of
names = English, French German,
ltalian-whieh they use according to
the nationality Of their riders. had
no doubt that my present plodding
Yankee Doodle mad done duty as
Bismark, MaeMahon and the Prince
Of Wales
THE BATTLE WITH TIE Sun.
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