The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-18


Some few weeks ago. writes a repre-
ing an hour with Mrs. Bent 70 ny great
regret / found her, for once. hOrS de
combat She had just reCur1ed rom
Palestine. where she had the misfortune
10 have her leg broken by her hose fan
irtS on her.
Mrs Bent has visited. amongst other
/ distant places. Persia, Asia Minor, Abys-
/ sinia, Ara bia. MashOnaland and the
soudan. One of her most men, orsloie
exploits was that which she accom-
/ pllsh5d in The first named country
/ Riding on horseback said Mrs Bent
we went right across Persia and over
! the Caucasus. Our object was % make
excavations in some Islands in the FER
sian gulf"
Persia, to say the least of it, IS not a
I land Of milk and honey FOR the lady trav-
I eler, yet Mrs. Bent did not seem o think
/ Il marvellous that she was alive 10 ten
Our mission took US quite. off the
Deaten track, she told me, ana tHe
| messing with the wild, wandering. trl0es
I tnaI abound IN the west OF Persia WaS
/ OF daily occurrence, but We had the pro
/ lection of the shah, who ordered the sec
rotary Of his grand vizier to accompany
! US The various governors were made
! responsible for our safety. Thus when
/ We passed from one governors territory
| eeipt for our lives. On crossing each
/ border q fleck of horsemen came gaIOp-
| ing up to take charge of US. 1t was a
| most interesting journey, performed al
/ the rate of about twenty miles day.
J Our food, beds, tables and chairs we
earned with US, and, of course COOK
/ We slept where we could. One night We
| spent in the house of a chief. and
/ very curious house IL was. The floor
was or mud and the windows made Of
| paper.
/ witnessed was the shah and his camp
! me Persian monarch was making the
/ journey to England and had with him
/ his harem, an immense staff and two
| thousand camels and horses, all loaded
al W0uuErIU4
| tent fitted up with wooden partitions re-
/ sembllng very closely those of che orig
| NAL tabernacle. For food he had enoI
nous quantities of lambs and chickens.
the animals being tied together. The
staff ate mp everything like grasshop-
You had an. exciting time in Abys-
We'll, it was far from an enjoyable
! experience. We had to get up every
morning before 1t was light, as Il took
Us two hours to pack the camp This
| done, of we would go. marching on until
about in the afternoon. when the final
malt would be called so as TO allow US
nlshtIaH- We certainty had some a.aru2-
ing moments. We had TO sit 10 the
whole of one night owing to the posi-
putty OF attack, Il being a time OF war.
we were in great danger of being taken
prisoners, and eventually had 20 flee TO
the Italian colony
''ADyssianian customs are extremely
curious, and may deserve mention. For
instance, II Is considered sign of great
A
SliiIdh prince always hides his nasal
organ from view, while if a gentleman
meets a prince he strips himself of his
cIoInes ana wraps them around his waist
Backsheesh plays a conspicuous part in
the NE OF "a traveller in Abyssinia One
gay i've generals rode up 70 Us. They
said they loved the English. This was
very complimentary, but I am afraid The
protestdtiOn of affection had % be some
what discounted when they explained
Jhat they loved the English because they
spent so much. This gentle lint we had
to take.
However, we Jared toIerabIy well. IRE
mendOus feasts were brought % us in
camp put ! se3r we didn't appreciate
them as much as the donors expected
A faVorite article with the Abyssinians
IS very stiff paste made of grain InIu
which Is poured d quantity OF cayenne
pepper II IS fearfully hot stuff, as you
Very interesting visits were those I
pdld 70 southern Arabia and Palestine Il.
the former country You are in the midst
of chOcolate-colored people. VINO are more
aboriginal than the Arab they wear
blue cloths around their waists-nothiug
else. Wild and warlike if You show IA
yoT 70 one a quarrel is sure to arise. They
dldn IKE our travelling in their holy
IlS, WAeIe LlahOIhet was porn, and
on one occasion saw the ground struck
Up by a bullet two yards in front OF ny
morse; a second later q bullet went swish
py my ears. Many shots in four differ
ent places were fired a Us.
This may interest you. It is in the
valley Of Jehoshaphat that the people IN
the east believe That the day Of iudg-
ment viii be celebrated. As a -o1se-
quence the inhabitants of Palestine like to
pc buried as near the spot as possible
Inc idea is that their bodies shall be near
when the day arrives. I have known
D0dleS OF persons who have died in Jeru-
salem to be embalmed and taken away
so that they shall not be passed over
when the end of the world comes Mo-
hammedans 6esire TO be buried near
saint because they think that when God
comes for the saint they can accompany
him into Paradise.
Faa
IN Fersla; If the death of a mOllah is
Followed by that of layman cl 1se bv
the relatives OF the latter wait for the
lnternen5 OF the mollah in order 20 bury
their friend near him. In Persia bodies /
are carried Tor miles and miles so that
they may be laid to rest near the ton1b
of a saint ] have seen four bodies
strapped on one mule. two on each side.
WITH a man IN between, going their lasI
Can you reeoHect any more narrow
escapes. Mrs Bent?'
We were once all but captured by pi-
rates IN the tourni Islands. We we're n
a valley entirely by ourselves when we
saw fine looking vessel, which we
tnougnt We should like to hire. We soon /
changed our minds.
:. I know that ship said our cook.
me crew killed three men in my vii
This revelation naturally led rs to
take precautions. Proceeding to 2 vii
lase' we parflcaded ourselves in house
aIo spread a report that a vessel was
coming Tor US, on hearing which the Di-
rates put 10 sea. When we followed we
nearly encountered them again. They
were terrible ruffians, and had recently
hanged man from the masthead
We were never attacked in The Sou
Dan. but we might have been. for we
went closes TO the Dervishes. To insure
saiety hosUag eS-ChaL is to say, members
Of various tribes-were left at the coasI.
while In addition we were accompanied
Dy several chiefs. At one place great
stones were bowled at Us from the ada
cent hills"
How did you manage as regards
We took our own
And, the Dervishes-what do they call
good, square meal2''
"A sheep roasted on hot stones A pile
IS made of hot stones and pieces of
sneep are scattered over it. The cooked
pieces are served with daggers
And how DO you travel, Mrs. Bent?"
S4eneraliy on horseback, but in Ara bia
ana the Scudan we had Camels, while in
Mashonaiand we used a wagon
WI ADVISED HILL.