The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-10

what today In the best type OF the Arab
resident In Egypt He IL to De sharply
distinguished from the Copt and the Eel
ish. The copt again, In smaller In stature
than the Fellah. and his features are finer.
as rule his skin In not 30 dark. Yet so
closely do the Copt and the FeIlah merge
toAether. one into the other. that IN ap-
pearancc ~ Is oftentmes impossible 20 dis
tinElash one from the other. The greater
delicacy Of the mold Of the Copss II due
TO their moro delicate labors. They 10
lighter work. They are the scrfbes Of
Egypt. Keeping books busiIy writing tn
all the markets. serving In the newly intro
duoed posiofices and the Ike. many of
them seem TO have inherited a great pro-
pensIiy for figures. as not few Of them
are remarkable arffhmeticians.
The name OF "Copt" IL stiiI another evil
dence Of their being direct descendants
from the ancien. Egyptians: for the Arabic
language by natural process has gradually
transformed the old Greek word Aigypto-
with hard ~ into Copt. this word being
the middle syIlabie-gypt
Conservatism and tenaeity are the two
words which most graphically denote the
disposition o. the Copt. When the council
Of Chaicsdon. al A. d. declared that
Christ had two natures. human and ~
vine. tho Copts chung To their old fasta
the doctrine Of Eutycnes, that Christ mad
only one, a divine nature. ana they are the
only ones among Christians who cling 70
this belief at the present day. They are,
on this account. yet called the Eutyehlaas.
Otherwise they are for the Orient good
Christians. and In. this land where the Ko-
ran IL 40 much the religious law they
hold firmly 20 the Bible OF Moses. the
prophets and the apostles Many os them
know who1e books OF the Bible by heart
Persecution has never forced them 20 give
up their religion. and although branded
and made 20 wear dark clothes and DARK
colorsd turban-. they have never forsahan
the cross for the crescent.
The Feilsh and the Cops are the two
types OF the pure Egyptian of oiden times;
they resemble In stature the mummseo
which have been preserved from ths old
en- time and which st the present aay M
our museums. bu, there are still two more
types which ono could have seen in an
cient Egypt the one fearing the other, the
Bedou.n and the sousan negro. OF ths
Fedouin there are two types. tho ARAB
and the Begs or Ethiopian. The former
are rather inclined 90 pasture pursuits and
inhaoit the vilds ~ Central and Northern
Egypt. The latter roam over tes Wild
wastes IN the south sad West These
nomsds. wandering children Of the desert.
have no homes hut the tents In which faey
live. no heArtSstones but the desogafe plies
fDXef6ef
build n fire on each nlghffan when trey
wish 20 cook the evening neal. TIE &C.
tive ard Independent Fife they Lead han
Developed symmetrical figures and sronx-
81 their noble features War was formerly
the chief occupation 81 the B-s0uln. hat
nov fssy are getting - BE less hostile
Although " u dangerous 10 cross asoas fhe
deserts 81 Syria. a Traveller would - per-
fsefiy safe m trusting himself TO TIE nasr-
cy ~ the Hefouln % Egypt
Nary -0p8an negroes siso found a h9nue
among the arrient ETvpflsns az slaves
On tomb walls they are pictured coming
in. barring ne tribute ~ SuHfa Many
Soudan negroes slsC I've among ts~ mod
zen Egyptians anf Fnasf ~ thar sffW pre-
fsr - 20 slaves ard 90 remain attached "a
trF'r Masters ~ preferences 20 having fsefr
hhfrty ~hfca hey cau Hgw claim Uow
black thsv are srt hgs Ffp~-ssifsssss'
They are Vary fond = ornarreYss ard e.
BEATTY iHenseives many - tseu par
rlnFe Ia fas frps a faelr ears r. faatr
noses or n their Ngs ART ~ssr brserisss
around ias1r ankles
fg~stfss ftsse fosr types. Teffan. Cat
Hejouin an1 nssro. - s~ss IN ESyps a.
fh~ prwscsf Gay people frofn almost every
cline Ampnx faer are warg fs~rsp-v
~ho are darker thar the Exypfans. faraah
f1sni 80 bassf s~FvsnfF fpnsey hoys
co4chrren eeoss. esfrlaxe TURNER'S 81 sa~ss-
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