The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-02

taking a photograph of the jewellers, each
man, with one exception, firmly grasping
his liquor glass in his hand. That one ex-
ception was my next-door neighbor, he OF
the zebra waistcoat, who laid down his
glass and seized loaf of bread in its
place, only to resume the glass as soon as
the fatal operation was over. The worthy
man was not quite so advanced" as his
fellows, and thought il prudent that his
alcoholic tastes should not be perpetuated
by photograph, which could be used as
evidence against him hereafter.
AT this point the real business of the
luncheon began The first course con-
sisted of lamb roasted whole and stuffed
with plat" the particular form of rice
which does duty all over the LeVant. On
this occasion the rice was seasoned with
cocoanut and covered with raisins, so that
the combination was somewhat remarks
able. At the last picnic that our host
had given, the guests, l understand, were
forced to eat the various viands in Turk
ash fashion with their fingers; but our
progressive friend had made a great adj
vance since then, and brand-new knives
and forks were provided to cur great. sor-
row and changed between courses. FISK
followed the lamb, and then came potato
stew, specially devised for our benefit lbs
cause" our host said "the English al
ways eat potatoes and then a fowl. More
'pilaf" next appeared on the scene, and
as at this period of the performance
showed signs of intense thirst, the young
progressive desired that L should slaSs
it with beer mixed with vichy water
the latter may mention, being reSarded
as the greatest triumph of Western ciyii@
cation in Gambia. Sweets and oranges
wound up the repast, and I felt that one
more Mussulman picnic on similar lines
would finish me off.
ba oI Cd RI nOrhaF
part of the garden, where some feA
asleep and the others slipped coffee. ~
this time the entertainment, which hae
begun a little after 8 in the morning mao
been protracted till in the afternoon, ana
we thought it high time to go. But our
host would not hear of our departure, ana
the women of the harem desired that their
European sisters should stop with them aA
night as their guests At last, on con-
dition that we left two British officers pc
hind to keep him company, our good IRENE
the doctor let us go, and we returned
heavy with FOOD as Homer says 20
Gambia the man of the zebra waisico1c
escorting us back. 1t took me seNeth
hours to sleep off the effect of the yaried
and multitudinous kinds of fare OF Whicl
I had partaken. But our experience vas
cheaply bought at the price of sewers
attack of Indigestion.
To see the young Turk at play i9
both amusing and instructive, ana our
hosts hospitality knew no bounds, foH-
tics, even in the hotbed of them, were
never once mentioned, and we might nave
been living in profound peace at Corfu
instead of in a state of civil war in CREE.
And when we went to pay our respec's
to our entertainer next day we were sur
prised to, find his family receiving lnstruc-
ton in English aud Australian @ ee-
ography from two large maps which nuns
hi &c egpna
is that he cannot get some English clergy
man to settle lin Gambia and teach Al5
young hopefuls English. At present Ihty
have to content themselves with an bNs-
lish primer, and 1 sat awestruck WINS
one of the little girls told me how "a Ihc
cat sat on a mat" Such aspra tons Ior
Western culture was touching; even me
man Of the zebra waistcoat carries nov
book in one of his pockets, in which 70
lots down all the English words he heats
In Turkish characters. So there Is hope
for poor Crete.