The New York herald., 1879-02-24

THE LAND OF INDIAN.
The indefatgable explorer. Captain Richard F.
Burton has just published in two weighty volumes
the results Of his recent visit to the Land of Mdian
(C. Regan Paul co., The expedition Of which Cap
tain Burton writes is the second sent out by lsma
L. Khedive of Egypt. During the four months be-
tween December 10, 1877, and April co. 1878, the
officers employed covered $500 miles by sea
and land of which 600. mot including by-paths,'
were mapped and planned The author refers to his
gold mines OF AIidia but the forerunner of the
present work. which he foresaw would be tale Of
discovery and adventure The purpose Of this re-
cent expedition to conclude the labors begun
during the spring Of 1877 in mining country al
most forgotten. Its primary object. therefore.
mineralogical. and twenty-five tons Of specimens
were brought back to Cairo and inspected by ex-
perts from South Africa, Australia and California
all recognized metalliferous rocks. They also
brought notices and specimens of several deposits Of
sulphur. Of turquoise mine behind Zibo OF salt
and satpetre and vast deposits OF gypsum, sources
of wealth that Captain Burton thinks the nineteenth
century is not likely to leave wasted and nnworked.
In geography the principal discoveries were tho
Identification Of ruined cities mentioned by Ptolemy
and the "Harrahs.'' or Plutonc centres scattered
over the seaboard and the interior. In the pursuit
of subjects the expedition visited. de-
scribed and surveyed eighteen ruins Of cities and
towns. of considerable extent, in North INDIAN,
besides seeing hearing Of some twenty large
| "Mashahal," apparently the ateliers of vagrant
gypsy gangs. The sketches and maps of this expe-
dton. to the extent Of several hundred, have been
embodied in large album by order Of the Khedive.
At Maghair Shu'aby they found 25s coins Of silver
and copper which date from the first century B. G.
| and the first century A. d. number of stone i'm
plements Of rude workmanship. illustrating the min
| ino ind frv vof fIa upfr ala
who familiar with Captain Burton's writings will
know that this work is dry collection Of scientific
facts. He writes in Q manner to interest the most
unscientifc aud the two volumes abound with anec-
| dote and adventure.
| REV. ''JACK" RUSSELL, AN ENGLISH SPORTING
| PARsoN.
| book with q fox running to cover. q stsgs head
and horn embossed upon it, does not suggest the
biography of parson, but such is the one lying bo
fore embellished In this manner. The illustra-
tions of sporting life that occur throughout the
volume also unsuggestive the holy calling of
| its subject. The Rev. John RUSSELL better known
| Jack" whose memoir is published by Richard
Bentley Son, Is well known in England as o sport
| ing parson, his father before him. At the
| time OF the writing of this book November, 1878.
| Mr.. Russell in his eghty-thrd year. and still
| followed the hounds. From the time when no .
/ lau ut school he showed h1mSelr to be o muscular
Christian by thrashing the bully OF his class boy
twice his size. Young Russell kept ferrets when the
other boys kept rabbits and 1t not long before
he had pack of hounds. He not very studious,
| but when put upon his nettle could do well
| as any boy. His teacher scolded him rouudly for
Sinking his studies. he went to work and carried
off the prize which was purse of ESQ., All of this he
| ut once spent for hunter, which he bought of a
clergyman. but which, nevertheless. proved to be
sorry bargain. When at oxford he distinguished
| athlete rather than student. but he man.
| aged to get through and afterward to take theo
logical course He full of fun but never vicious
and while he did not refuse toast he has been
considered drinking When he accepted
charge he did neglect the ordinary duties ex-
pected OF clergy man. and when he married he chose
wife with pedigree as long his favorite hunter
and lady who refused ditch four. barred
gate Apropos of jumping, very remarkable story
told of Of Parson Jacks friends Mr.. Harris.
He returning from fox hunt when his
progress momentarily arrested by discovering
that bridge in his road. consisting Of four arches
under repair four of these only partially
finished while the space intended for the arch
left entirely open the river running rapidly some
fourteen feet below. Mr.. Harris was on a Foxbury
mare. and perfect hunter. He rode over the hur-
dies that fenced Off the bridge then giving the mare
her head she felt cautiously for a sure foothold
amid the broken masonry and collecting herself
jumped to the top of the first arch and then on to
the second, paused a moment on the brink of the
centre arch If measuring the exact width of the
chasm, then cooy and collectedly and cleared
it at bound. The two remaining arches were easily
| topped; then the hurdles. and away!
| When Russell in his seventy ninth year he
| hunted all week through bad weather. and on
the afternoon of the sixth day he looked at his
rn1 too cso1
friends goodby he then turned his horses head
homeward and never quilted the saddle with the ex-
ception of changing his horse midway till he reached
his own stable door at eleven O'Clock in the evening
having ridden distance of seventy miles. He then
dned heartily slept well and the next day to crown
his weeks work. performed three full services In his
parish. His bishop frequently expostuated with him
on his hunting tastes. but RUSSELL who was unable to
see II he cndcavorcd conscentiously to perform his
duty that ho either going himself or leading his
flock astray by indulging in his favorito recrea-
| sion withstood the bishops monitions firmly but
respectfully When his avoritc hunters died ho had
their skins taken OFF and tanned and then made into
chair coverings their legs aud hoofs forming the legs
of the chairs Three chairs OF this adorned his
dining In 1879 Mr.. Russell visited the Prince
of Wales at Sandrnrham. lie preached the Christ.
mas sermon berorc the royal couple and opened the
ball on New Years Eve with the Princess OF Wales
It is said he addressed her my dear but this he
denies. lie remained ten days at sandringham
where he honorcd guest. Mr.. Russell is we be-
lieve still alive. tull of hre and enthusiasm for
the chase he Atty years ago. II he is sample
of the British sporting parson thoy must be noble
fellows.
AN AMERICAN STUDY OF HAMLETs CHARACTER.
To the long list Of studious people VINO have
wrestled with the problem presented by the char
acter Of Hamlet must now be added Mr.. Joseph Wat
son. of Newport. already favorably known as an en-
thusiastic student of Shakespeare. In small
brochure printed for private circ cuaton. he has en-
bodied his thoughts on the central figure OF that
absorbing tragedy. Mr.. Watson sets out to disprovo
what has so often and in such high places been as
sorsed--namely, that Hamlet was really insane and