Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-05-04

granite are cut in the shape of a car
penters square-so that there are no
Joints at the corners. On our way back
to the city we visited, and spent some
time in the celebrated Gizeh Museum
where are gathered together, all the
interesting things which have been Ia
ken from tombs, old ruined temples,
&C., in lower and upper Egypt. Or
course we went one day to the place
on the bank of the Nile where it is,
said Moses was found by Pharoah''s
daughter, as he lay in his little ark IN
the bulrushes. | wished to test the
knowledge of our Dragoman, on the
subject, and so expressed grave doubts
as to the identity of the the place,
thereupon he proceeded to show us the
path by which the young lady in ques-
ton, came down to the riverside, and
as | was still skeptical, he said, ~
can show you the very place. where he
fell in, - and took me to the place, some
thirty or forty yards above, and, said
he,-"Mr. Moses afterwards owned
this place and lived on it." SO OF
course | could doubt no longer.
We went out in the country several
miles to well and tree where Mary
and Joseph stopped to rest at the time
of their flight into Egypt to get out OF
Herod's way. 1t is claimed the, tree
has been miraculously preserved all
these years, but fortunately you do
not have to believe all these stories.
On the way back to the city, | saw
several natives blowing near the side
of the road, and had the carriage to
stop while | went out into the field to
examine their plows. made one OF
the men understand that | wanted to
pillow some. So he good naturedly
drove the oxen, and let me hold the
pillow, but | think he was somewhat
disgusted at my awkward efforts. |
do not know how to describe the
plows they use, except. to say that
they look Just like the pictures have
seen of them and are the same kind
they have used for thousands Of years.
They generally yoke together, two
buffaloes, or two oxen, but sometimes
| have seen donkey and an OK yok-
ed together, and once, a camel and a
little donkey-Wells are scattered all
over the valley, every few hundred
yards, from which water is being
drawn to irrigate the land, the water
wheels are turned by means of an OK
or a buffalo, which is hitched to a le-
yer, and goes round and round, like
an old mule in tan bark mill. They
always blind-fold the OK or buffalo
while he is at work. | stopped at one
of these wells to get drink of water.
1t was very hot, and the buffalo look
ed uncomfortable with a great thick
pad across the front of his head which
extended around so as to cover its
ewes, and leave it in total darkness.
| told the guide to ask the man in
charge, why he didn't take the pad
off, and let the animal see. His re-
ply, being interpreted was about this /:
IF this old fellow could see, he would
be gazing around at you, and every
body else who comes along, but when
he is blind-folded, he don't notice
anything, but just tends to his own
business" 1t might not be q bad
idea to hlind-fold some people have
known. Our visit to the great Ostrich
farm, belonging to the Khedive, was
very interesting. There we saw os
triches of all sizes, from the little
chicks just Matched out, to the grea
mammoth ones eight feet high. Wher
they set them, they put thirteen egg,
in the nest, which is just a followed
out place in the sand, put pair o
the birds in an enclosure to them
selves, and they take turns in setting
on the nest, until the eggs are hatch
ed. | believe it beats DR.. Hardin
incubators.
l cannot undertake to tell you abou
the churches, mosques, &C., Of the
city. 1t is a great big interesting CT
ty, and we feel amply repaid for com
ing here. We expect to leave IN
day or two, TO, Jerusalem, and othe
noted places in Palestine, and | ma,
write you again from there.
Yours &C., L. D. PATTERSON.