Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-05
A vermonter's Trip Aroxnd the World.
LEAVES FROM DE. THAYERs JoUINAL-THE
STRAITS OF SrEZ.


the freaks, nor Neptune made the mischief
that had been foretold we should have to er
dure on these waters The ordinary anus,
; ments for passengers on long voyage hav
long since ceased to be such. The subject
OF scandal among the Passengers left us a
Alden We have now left us a stammere
who persists in talking continually and max
ing use of the words most difficult 10 artic
ulate; groom and bride of antiquarian
stripe, and a party sitting near us at table VIII
in regular rotation laugh by haw- w-hawing
snckcring, grinning, but rarely smiling. 1t i
evident that the newly married old coupl,
are in the hey-day of their honey moon, ant
, do not take to it naturally. The contrast be
tween these old folks and a couple betrothcc
hy their parents we met Gel .hmting the
occasion in Hindoostan, is great as
10 age, far greater than in the mani
festation OF heartfelt, sentimental emo.
tions. The little pair we saw in Benares
were celebrating the day by Tarading tho
streets, preceded and followed by friends in
gay attire. They were no mTe than five
years old They were gorgeoI sly dressed,
decorated with flowers, bangles and briGht
colored ribbons. They sat opposite each
other in large sedan chair borne upon the
shoulders of eight chair bearers The scarlet
canopy of the chair had resting upon its tops
vases of flowers and gay plumes the cur
tains of silk and satin were gathered in fcs-
toons to the upright supports of the canopy
with cords of silk and gold, having large tas-
sells with bright cOlOred fringe pendent from
them. These little folks seemed delighted
with the gaze and shouting of the multitude
thronging the streets. Our curiosity Id lis
along in the rear until they alighted AMI en-
tered the house of the mother Of the bride
! elect, which was brilliantly Illuminated and
| from which proceeded strains of Oriental
music. These young people, in accordance
| with the customs of the IIindoos
/ will return to their respective parents and
rcmainuntil they are twelve or thirteen
years old, the ordinary age for setting up an
independent establishment. 1t is By nomeans
uncommon to meet young mothers not twelve
years old carrying their own little ones
astride their shoulders or one hip.
Comparing curlos procured in travelling,
which Is quite common among passengers on
board ships. an oil painting was brought for
ward executed by Il native artist of Burmah
1t was utterly devoid of merit In all our
travels in Asia we have seen very few speci-
mems of paintings OF any kind, and not one
but what would he regarded as a caricaturc
Paintings of elephants and of heather gods
mud hIts ,nd ON tb,. rvalIs irsido ~ snn,a
Of III, shons The music .nj n,,,s;ooi ;,str"'
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VI IN ~ 'i'ii paiac's'
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inn; ''' SUI i,l''lia'in 'iitlI operas anu
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ei,her s;Ja and h, L. III ..,i',, III o'i
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naar the dancors tho, ~ a,,Ea,, WV ~,
bovo a cod ,-io,,. 81 ,ha ,,rrf',,,,' III
donccrs y.oro ra,har IL f1.a.ani, -
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orod I'LL . nr'i9 ~, "a. WI
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~ "a f,,o, i "oGut 'iie Miis's,
silyor holIs aSo,,, ,Ja ont,i,, Nh NJ ''I tn y.
,ras corf;rod ,|' y 60 -, nv, un, .'
was accompanied by horrid music and drawl-
ing sing toned singing and nartomime
Inc performers danced sngly and very
much IN the same fashion as practscd by
the American Indians on all occasions. These
Hindoo dancers were somewhat embarrassed
by the trails OF their dresses, which they evil
dently did not understand how to manage
The strings OF bells about their ankles, and
silver ornaments about their feet and toes
would become loosened and drop off in some
OF their gyratiOns, which they more conven-
lently than gracefully adjusted while sitting
on the floor.
To return TO our voyage, the Red
Sea has maintained its good behavior
towards us during our whole passage across
ii. We have had full moon at night and a
clear SIX hy day. This morning we entered
the straits Of Sucz, the barren hills of Africa
on the one side and the sacred mountains of
lloreb Sinai. Ararat and their spurs on our
right, most of them in view from the deck of
the steamer We are steaming quietly over
the waters in view of mountains immortal |
in sacred history. There they stand around |
as they stood when the events transpired !
that made them the objects of universal and |
undying interest. We are upon the waters !
that were lifted up for dry passage of the /
hosts that Moses led and conducted safely |
beyond the pursuit of Pharaoh. We eau I
fancy the scene when Moses found himself |
between the mountain Ianqe on one side |
and the s,a upon the other. We /
doubted Tie wisdom OF the power that lad I
fire hv ni,rLt Ia a rIace s,,rr,,,n,ioj H.. s,,oh