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CITY LIFE 7.000 YEARS AGO.
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tio* i% thk amif.vt nrr
of * ip Pin.
4 i-mirr of Irt, l til to rr anil lrnm.
laii-ll'r"rdi Ww Found Üblrh,
translated, I>ll of Hit* Faeuta of
Hltlorr In * hr llt'Riolp.l Paul—Ota.
ravprlH f Fla* Pottery and
Knnmel Work IMdlpaltln aad
IMtacrra el exploration in the Me
aovotamlaa Drarrl, Hraralh the
Ramil <>! renturlea—The ttrteka
That teriee Had Made *>,700 Veara
\gn llullt Into n Fart to Proteet
Hi oar Who Are Brlalnc the An.
'•lent Klnit to the I.l|bl of the
Crraenl liny.
(Cop' *ht, 19W, by Theodore Watery )
S', w York. Oct 2t>. —'fhc German mall
t.teimer which baa Jjst arrived In New
York City hrlntio <a m< saa*o from the
bay.nn in* of elvtllcaiion through Prof.
H V Htlpreohk of the I’nlverelty of
| rn vlvaota. whoso remarkable dl.rov
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Enamlcd Coßlns Found in Nippur.
*rl*i on the sil** of ancient Nippur hove
Iw • *i of wx h Krc.it archaeological value
Hf*d in tercet, li la fully expected that bin
report of what he has found in old Baby
loni.i in hie most r* ent, excavation* will
project the hi.-lory of mankird backward
Into the past. several thousand year*
beyond the beginning** heretofore asslgn
e! to it. la ugh Information from the
tv<-rk :t Nippur h.* found it* way to
Phll.nldphia to a how that ten thousand
years ago (centdries prior lo the old tune
date of tne creation) (here existed a civil*
lxatk>n as roenprfhenatve ns our own; a
commercial iy*t< m Inuit on ’‘modern
line. " an exalted patronage of art and
letlera. n far-aeetng appreciation of the
k"od opinion of |x>sicrity, people than
**rrt • war on the name pretexts that
animat* modern armies: they nod linra
rtfv in which were dictionaries, histories?
etc., public museums in which were paint
Th" Performance of the Atssaonai.
■ ulpuire. nrclMM)lO|lcal specimen*:
1 ueM machinery for mu king earthen
•• and platters; they did requisite
moling; their architecture Inhslod
■ ■ at leant two stofle* high, rover
tn extent of n modern city bio k
Jil i having a drainage system In who h
eh ‘'an 4‘ in principle to some record
■’i :>iiunt- ran la- tm* **d; thair scientists
• I,ej| a-ronomt and speculated on the
"to menig c f the flare; the educated
" ,r ' in for special rellgloua rults and
look* I down upon ihoae pagans who were
without the low ; the rich wore Jewelry
*f h a modern goldsmith might be
hrou,) t„ make, an( | they lived In the
■t'l'e during tne ae.ison. leaving their
' d* In the malarious country dltrl* ta
care of ngeiiU But most mirvel
,,u* of u|). wlto rja*- evblance that in!*
•* r in t • ivltlaation !fTcp*d but little from
r own . ia In* orperated the ballef that
£ 1 ' “ and was very old, that In fact.
® Uil •■ready havo been In process af
formation aa many yearn an have elapetal
between that day and our dnv
Naturally, the dlarovery of thla old
world holds an nailed |>lac* a mot. a at h
aeologtst*. Already he ha- been honored
tn Europe, by the Sultan of Turks, who
lias conferred a decoration uion him. and
hv the German universities, which are
"inn with one another m flattering of
fers of professorships and doctorate* Now
Ptof Hllprecht is a German of the Ger
mans and the** Tommie favors which
have come from the Emperor down, must
be very tempting to him Hut In spite of
them he ha* declared his allegiance to
his American college, and the gain to
the latter can be gauged from the fact
that he ha* declared the mounds of Nip
pur to he an extensive that m least a
dn*en years will be required to < imnlete
■ vo-k of cxcvitlon The train |*
Inter.-ting a hi* work for th. latter Is
the direct result of his persona.tty The
mounds of Nippur were known to stu
dents perhaps before Hllprecht was burn,
and e\ <-n after they were opened and some
of their contents scrutinized their tm
porinner was not fully reallzetl until thl*
almost unknown student pieced the frag
ment* Into a wonderful mosaic of the
etrly history of the world And sin e
then It has been hi* astute diplomacy,
his unfailing courage and hi* sclentlfls
aruman which have brought forth thl*
vcritabl* sermon In atone* triumphing
over many IfTlcultifs Other seats of
learning in other countries have striven
mightily to wtn tho Ottoman content to
their delving: in Nippur. The dlgg.ng 1*
carried on in the midst of warring tribes
of Arabs, who gallop suddenly over the
desert and attack the explorer*, compet
ing them to scurry to their fortified cas
tle. built of brick* taken from the tcmi>l<*
of Rargcn, who lived Mrt> B. <\, anl from
there to boat off the besiegers until help
can arrive In the form of the Turkish
police. These bilk* are meaningless* to
all of the party until Ililprecht can scan
one by one and read the utory which
the ancient acr.b# has stamped in curious
runleform script Bo in hi* three-fold
capacity. Prof Hllprecht ha* been the
life of the expedition, and henre not only
to the world of archaeology, but to the
world In general hi* < ommg will be an
o\ent of tmfMir ance. since what he ha*
learned i* rtie link which connect# uh
with the remote past.
80, In anticipation of the tale he will
tell, the scholars arc brushing up on hi*
part achievement,. ft l a fawimitln*
utory, and here are It* outlines: Ancient
Nippur, or, a. It w* called during the
day* of It* prorperlty. Kengl, Is situated
on a mar*hy plain In Mesopotamia about
two day*’ ride on horseback from Bagdad.
When the explorer* nr*t went there they
*w only great mound* of sand, acre* mid
.acre* In extent, rWtnic out of the plain.
Arab tribes had their camp* among these
sand piles, and In places they had burrow -
ed Into the p:le short distances In quest
of the curious tablets which occasionally
cropped out on the surface, and which
brought a sniatl sum from dealer* In Con
stantinople snd elsewhere. Some of the*e
Ar ab* were employed at sum-greater than
they had ever earned for like period* In
i ietr live* to dig Into ’he mine* nnd car
ry the sand away In bosket* and dump It
in the marsh far out on lh>- phtlh From
an arid waste the place came to take on
an air of bustling activity, and soon wall*,
rooms, storehouses, pottery, tablet* and
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER2S. 1000.
other things that hud been buried for cen
turies began to be found in *n abundance
that surprised and delighted the explor
er . On the surface of the sand pile# wens
found pottery and email objects of va
rious character, some of which were let
tered In a way to let the scientists know
that they had been dropped by th* Jews,
who lived on the mound In the manner
of the present day Arab, as late as *OO A.
P But, one. ihc first layer of sand was
removed, and old walla made their ap
pearance. the objects picked up showed
I the ex< uvators that they were amid the
I ruins of a city which evidently flourished
centuries before Christ. Bricks were
P .kd up marked Ashurbanapal. a king
who lived prior to st*> H. C. The value of
this find was ecllpaatl, however, by the
; llscov.-rey of objects which evidently be
longed b>the retgc of one King Karashman
Ttirgu. who flourished 14ft) B. C. Meat*
tered around in profusion were the re
mains of many objects belonging to that
time, and when the find u announced
with the man. evidence* of the culture
and progress of the time, the world In
gcn.-rul com |hi red It easily with the Greek
and Roman .Yiroonlogv. and found It no*
K> hard to look hack these few mldttlona!
year* But further along In the report
“it was slated that below- th* temple plat
form on which th* relics were found,
were diacovared the remains of another
t> mple. whl.lt must have been built In th*
rign of King I’r-Gur, many centuries be
fore Abraham, th*' founder of the Jewish
nation wa* born. Then the world won
dered There -wa* very lie tie unb*s tt
might l>e the tread on Itself, to compare
with this Ar.d later, when the pmttorm
of I'r- Ciur had l***n broken through, still
' another temple wa* found, this one built
j in the reign of Burgoo 1 and Narlm Bln.
| :-4iho B. C. Now Bibb- m holam had read
of this King Saigon. but the evidence of
1 hi existence wa* not vary strong, and he
was thought by many to be a myth Dr
Ililprecht found hi* nam*- stamped Into
thousands of bricks. Kven this wa* not
•he lust, for one day the explorer* broke
throulh the platform of Bargon. and
there, lying on the ground, were vestige*
of what ha* wince proved to be a civili
zation that existed over seven thousand
years ag< They had gone through to
Virgin soil and in the hole they found
evidence that it was the *tt- of the an
cient city of Oalneh. mentioned In Oen
e*t*. A pike of sundrU-d brick ar one side
of the hole, when dug out, was found to
t on altar, on w hich the ashes of a last
sacrifice were still lying several Inchew
thick. And there were terracotta vases,
and some pottery of such pronounced
beauty that I’rof Hllprecht says It would
hole hn ra;i, .| Ore ian had It been found
under less positive condition* There was
n key - .one arch also sit hough It had
previously been he-.d that k* \ stone- arches
ivi te of Homan Invention, and Anally most
Important of all. man) frugrncma of
t e|et-. which when p:a.ee| together, were
funnel lo he the public record* of tbla
most at* lent time
The tabieia ceiebratesl fe>r th* most part
the victories of King Isignlxagglsl. the
world conqueror of hi* time a sort e>f
Nanoleean. wtvo O' rran the then known
earth, nnd offer Subjecting ill Ihe people,
within rea h of hie eermli *ettled and >wn
to enjoy the fruits ef victory *ne| to pro
mote that civilisation tpeaken e.f in t>i
foregoing Thle we at least i.V B C..
and it may suiv, oven earUer { for there
•r* piaceg in thx *xcav*rkins rhw* un
niwitnutl for vnldffltVßi* mu* hav® pnw
r<l Th** miimaif of tlm in un*W mihor
fhxn over, anjr limit that <o\iW br put
upon It.
It In quite rvkletil |hd( lu* ■*U***tnt
wa not a native of Kengl About (b<*
time Atfnni and B*p In h** M vwkoninf.
were xttU frvgft fiwn tho Ggrkui of helm,
thla aoklm waa !(•■ kinir the city from
tn north He wae the von of IHnith.
Km* of Haran. nnd tn the ixuire* of hi*
ennquesta he ewept the whole iXMiatrv
before him from the iVraian irulf to the
Meilltermnean aea He mode Erech th*
capital of hie world, and eettleil lf
com tort Ably to puretie the aria of pear*
In errforrlnx civlluilatlon on all of hla
eubjecla. howmer. he w> not the creator
of anew arxl xreat ule. He merely mtrn
Uk'd that whlrfi he found ready to he
han*l in one part of thl* klngtlom Iconic
before even me <fynacy of UuKulawcxlft
had mail itaolf a |*owrr In the land the
HumeriAJ* hal Itvoil In Kernel They
were hirhlv ehrlHaed. peweeftil profile
to whom the fine arte, trwmtnx. aotfenre
and Indue* ry n4 an advanced relt|lou
cult were ieoHn* object a fn life They
huilt icreat tempiee, they carv
iny utul aculpture. fhelr libraries were
houeed |n aegMrv:e hufl'ltnjr*. the> etudt-1
the he.i,vena and they were adopfa in aim-
Ike manufacturing purpulu luic.tiaamrh T i
found them excellent rmdela and follow
ed their kleaa In all fhlnxa. n*an to ado|H
bif their worahtp of Del. (he xnd of
Nippur How far thla civilization had
advanced on certain lines may he judeed
from the totlowtnx extract t iken fr*>tn a
letter recently written by IV Hllprecht
while altttnf amid tha very thm** he de
•crlbea
"Tha Eastern city fortification* have
bean receiving my attention, and tha
whole northern half of the blx city wall
has teen iraccd I*he jrreat eAjtern *ate
has been ldenttfl#d It w* called Abu)*
lu-Hahn (Or-Ht Gate) It was an im
mense solid atiucture <kf the earliest pro
tie rtf onto period
**The mo*t important discovery tnade la
the flndlnx at>i fracing of a huire pre
f%*rxo!c palace having a fto-toot front
It was hurled far below the de*. rt under
e ponderous ma>s of ruins The whoia
southern facade of the hulldlnjre has now
been excevatei I have been able to prove
conclusively that It had at least two
stoHea One window, tha only one pre
served on thla aide of the structure, was
found We excavated a few rooms The
floors were carefully laid with baked
brick
"In the rooms ware found a number of
pre-j&arxonlr tablets, a aeal. a very ancient
ami itjipreMQf* In clay, abowlrtf an eagle
with outspread wtu#rs rerojrnlseri from
similar fl*ures on the monuments of Tel
lo. and a few other objects of peculiar
character At the weal win* was a well.
hu|lt of characteristic pr* S.irxonlc bricks
A large vase and cap were found nearby
standing 01. a little plaiform M.nv
traces of the |>re*Bjriron!c period have
been dlaiovervd. amon* them are seven
large frejpnef.ts of a limestone relief rep
resents* a battle m ene. We have found
so many pre-Bar*onlc structures at so
many different places m Nippur that we
begin xradually to understand what im
porutnre the city must have had tn pos
aeaaln* the chief and moat revered shrine
tn all Babylonia "
In another letter Dr Hllprecht states
that he discovered the temple library
It w**a In a sefurate l.hr.*r> butldin*.
snl It contained tablets lnscrlhei
with a history of th time and of times
then lon* tfono by When they are all
translated It ia probable they will extend
our knowledge of man far beyond the
conquests of Lugalsatfgl'd.
Bo what Eugilza*tfli found and what
Dr. Hflprecht uncovered was an extensive
waIJM city, with great gates carved with
a definite klea of art; a king’.- iwtlace
which, for six** and beauty, would com*
pare with tnorlern structures of thH% kind,
a government library. In which the his
tory of the nation was Indelibly cut into
tobleis and the latter stored away on
ledges around the wo in*, an appreciation
f good living .is evln vd in the t#-n.ins
of private dwelling**. In one of which n
kitchen waa found In an ex> • llent atnte
of preservation; In short, a city laid out
and operated on a modern basis in th
davs when m*n heretofore was auptmaeil
to be not murh more advanced than the
beam of the held. Furthermore, these
people had In them the vital spark of
patriotism, the most ronvin- ing evidence
of their civilisation. f**r hardly had the
heel of the *>pprtesor been removed from
their ne< k by the iWath of the world con
queror than they arose and forcibly re-
Inscrtbej Bit tk Found in Nippur.
claimed their ancient rights from his suck
cewaor*.
Now. this outline of the discoveries of
Pr Hllprecht haw led the reader so rap
idly back through the mlllenlums as to
sugrgest the possibility of gaps In the suc
ceeston. but Nippur Is an Ins* rlhed monu
ment of the history of tha- world, and he
diggings are revealing theeviden at the
auca-esslve centuries with the regularity of
.a carefully numbered folio Only it la tn*
early page* In which the world Is most
Irrteresia-d, the r-'-wd of that clvilliatton
whldh existed long previous to .V B r.
It Is of this wonderful period that Dr.
Hllprecht Is coming home to speak, anal tt
I* because It W‘H bring us many mll
lenlums nearer to our origin that hi*
word will be regarded as are there of
an oracle Theodore Water*.
A Poor Parrot far a Itula-her.
From the London Telegraph.
In Farrlngdon meat market ran be ]
bought second-hand boot*, umbrella*, and
all sort* of things During the morning,
a man rntereal trying to sell s parrn t
and there was an Inimedut’e cry fr an
the stall* Of "Throw him out’" quite In
explicable to Ihe untnltlulrd Thlu I* the
story Home years ago a parrot > Orfler
had a grievance ngalnst a butcher He
Holed Ms tlm# 'me day he came with
a fine gray bird, which said. '”4avo>ly
meat! Ix>vely mo-wt!” The but'her tn
question at on. r became the purchaser,
at a big price Rut he soon i*;>emed.
for the treacherous seller had *a,vht the
bird to say. "Don't tell Ihe I |/,y what
the meat wielghs. tell her who . |t come*
to.”
—Useful—"hay. that huntlrop dog Is no
good. I aouldn t have l*im around.'*
“Yaa. you would. —• keep 14m to land
C 6 lea go Hetofd.
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A I’iH.l I h %l. NItTAKB.
The Wav l'.#rn tint Ahead of the Fel
low t-'roni the f It y.
*T’ve Jest larn down ter tho corners ter
hear that fellow from the city tell us how
we ought ter run the govroent," *nid ihe
deacon, dropping In the kitchen, where
Hannnh was doing tip the season * pre
serve*.
“He w.is a putty slfc k talker.** he con
tinued. halving a peach, and gulping both
down minus th* xt*fie. with one ’wrist of
his !hn*ot muscles. “Putty slick, I should
say Barter tn aiie ye l—lieve that white
mis b.in k an' • Burkslirer hog wrarn't a
hug hi nil ur fc** he Ptild 10 I h'johe h*
b’llevf | aii he mild hlmxelf. but he
thought we dd."
11 m iwfi * wcHiped a bud > o fnewly | re
**r\erl f from the bnuu kettle to a
ftlaaß )*r, • Wtred It tlfhi, u and then rej4*l
“I thou [fpt you wax glue a long time,
Kxt a an* 1 might t.n uweal It w,i*
politics.”
As 1 -wax s*vh , tt., :low wax put
ty slick with his tong 1 w* deacon con
tin ileal not noil Ing Interruption.
\Vh a he said the c, • wax goln' ter
the <*/.gs an h- we , 1 awake nights
thlr. in' o' It. I sorter pitied him. Ha
dldt ,’x Inaik ’* If he and I(*i-1 much sle*-p over
ft. hit I thought mayb, I was mistaken
Hv t s**id that we wax goln' ter becum an
r " apdre. at,' that King William wax gian'
t *r ru> us Lke ih-m kings In tory hooks.
'fi we tlldn't up an' vote agin him I ask
ed him whb h William he meant, aayln’
that there wnx two Williams that wanted
Iter be king We sorter looked sadat
'that, an' said:
• ” My friend, did ye teke this as a Joke?
! If ye did I feel sorry fur yer Intelligence.
\ I ain’t out here tar Instruct slmple-mlnd
] ed children *
”1 *ald I wax glad ter hear It. fur I
! thought from his talk he atldn' think we
knewed much Then because some of 'em
I laughed at this he aorler riled up an'
; said
” If the gentleman that It so fond of
Interruptin' will step up where I ran set*
| him I'll answer his questions. Thai’s
I what i'm here for Htep right up this
way! Right here. tr’”
"Then 1 walked tip, an'——'*
''l'xta. ye didn't!" IMerJe ted Hannah
"Yea, I did I warn'! afraid of 'em,
! nor of him If the country was a-gotn'
Iter the dg* I want'd ter know. I might
do some of the lyin' aake o' nights, too.
ibcio. There alt) t uo ofit tiui flunk* narg
!o‘ his country than me an* if It’s all
wrongg, I'm goln* ter know It. Ye didn’t
know ye wax livin' under king. Ilan-
I hah. did ye, an* that we ain't got no
morn liberty now than we had before we
: llcksgy the Britishers, an' that we lr only
a ccmny of Kng'and agin?"
! “K en and o’ goodness, btra. what be ye
ItaU-.ln* ’bout!*'
“Jest what that fellow s#kf. an' then
hr ears that we couldn’t make a livin'
ajiy more Jest fur supportin' an army
uu’ a rotlnoo for King William's cour*
ittbrs Ye can t sell what, ye raise cm y* r
/farms, he nays. n’ there ain’t no money
4 'gi the l*nd. not' rough ter go round an*
give every man S3) That kinder stump'd
soma of cm In the audience, an' t could
see tm s. rat chin their heads I began
ter feel that we had moron our share of
the money, ilannan. an' faelln' aorry fur
tha speaker. 1 said, says I:
" 'Do ye know the price of hogs round
here?"
‘No, sir.' he gild, ‘I do not, an' what'a
that got ter do with the money question.
I might ask ye If ye h*ive any hogs?"
" 'Yes, - rays I, ‘one or two putty black
an' white ones, ah' I though I'd tag > some
off your hands If he didn't nave twenty
dollars ter ysr name I mighty* tape up
a lettle more'n that.'
'• ‘Ah. more levity. 1 see!' he aaid. 'Our
friend here must have his leetle Joke.
Then let hltn have |i. We ll have a lesson
In hogs here, a little sum In arithmetic.
Ye any ye'd tak* some hogs off my hsnd
If I had 'em ter sell?'
•• 'Yen,' l say*, sseln' you need the
money an' then ain't no market fur what
ye raise on the farms. I'll buy 'em '
" This Is a bargain, gentlemen, ter Illus
trate my point. an' ye're all witnesses ter
lt,‘ he said, turnin' ter the audience an'
wavin' his hand. 'How many hogs will
ye take?"
'• ' Bout twenty if ye can bring 'em ter
morrow.'
" 'An' what price will ye give for 'em?'
he asks again.
" Jest whai they're quoted In hw papers
ter tw> wurih an' maybe a leetle mote,
seem' |t’i ye.'
•• Twenty hog* ter-morrow at the high
est market rates,' he says quietly, an’
ter make the bargain good we'll each de
posit twenty dollars with the chairman of
till* meeting ter he forfeited If el her one
falls ter keep ter the terms o' th>* agr.o
mint. Is the' right?'
" 'lt Is.' I said, an' we both put up
our money."
"Ye dtdn'l, Kirs'"
"Tee I did, Hannah, an Sham hog* won't
cuta ur-mofxor, at* imj *-d£ fsdtt s
twenty dollars will be mine. There ain't
no hogs in twenty nub s o' her* that
doesn't U ng n r nv . an* If be < urns ter
buy 'ecu from me he’ll have ter pay a
lee tie more n the market prices. I gue*a
he‘|| |*t me claim the twenty dollars.
'Twould be 'hoaf*er for him An the end,
I somehow some prop** talk too much.
•'These preserves are homtl. Hannah an*
yc got a lot of ’em But If anybody cuma
mui trvln’ ter buy tg* doen't sell *m
any. Tell 'cm they must see ne "
M rge K . Waiah.
(Arsges.
How to Preserve Them Fresh for Win
ter !*•#.—Orapr* may be kept for vnontha
past their regular time by very simple
means Helect perfect bunches and thus#
-olid on the stems, wrap each one in
tissue paper, blue |tt s good ns any. twist
the enl* of the p.i|>er closely snd pack
the gripes away pi a box nr basket, put
in a mol, dark place, that |s also dry. liy
this menns graiew may be kept
for the holidays *•! even until Bt. Valen
tine's day. One may tr* at friends to thit
luscious fruit In winter tyne when grapes
are worth nearly their weight In gold.
Simplest Way to Can Grape* Nk?l
the graj** not too ripe, pl k from sterna
carefully and pack In cans a* closely as
may be without breaking the skins, msko
a syrup of half a cup of sugar and a cup
of water, and pour over the fruit; If this
MiiKHint of ayrup dnea not hush the can
add more water until It dots, then put
the top on can without screwing down,
set the cans In a boiler, uioii folded tow
el*. pieces of lath, shlngba. anything to
keep the cans from touching the bottom
of holler, pour in water quite hor to cami
up on the can* some two or three knche<,
place the rovir on the boiler and place
holler over the fire, bring water to a boll
ami let it boll for un hour, removs ths
cans, put on the rubbers, screwr the top#
down and put away Grape* put up thta
way retain their fresh, delirious taste,
and sr* wo easy to preserve that the veri
est novice cannot fall.
A CITY 111 ILY OF ah o.
Kano, la Africa, Is the Height of
hatlve Civilisation.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Tha hlght of the native civilisation 1a
Africa seem* to have been reached b
tha Hauaas of Nlgera, whore chief town,
Kano. Is described by an Knglinh mission
ary.
It Is a square city of some 100.000 In
habitants. twelve or fourteen mdes In cir
cumference, A wall forty feet high snd •
moat eight feet broad surround H. tha
wall being thk k at the base, but tapering
to a foot at the top.
The thirteen g de* are closed at sunlit
with massive wooden doors, covered with
strips of Iron. ga:nit which are propped
huge beams.
Within the walls was visible at first
nothing but cultivated land, upon which
•he people rely for food In a protracted
-‘lege Through these the traveler pissed
for two miles, when he came to broad
thoroughfare* lined with houses "splen
didly made, although mud Is the only ma
terial as timber Is scarce.*’
The streets consist of two wide, level
pathways with a vast hollow stretching
between them from which mud for build
ing tvs been dug Three hollows are gen
erally cultivate*!, snd it* the houses stand
In court yards full of shad* trees, tha
town has the appearance of a beautiful
garden, the red mud standing out against
the green fol ge.
A!rm~t anything can b* bought In the
great maiket—"sugar, cotton clo’h. leath
er. needles, crockery, tinware, dyes, lime,
charcoal, meat, slaves, camels, horaea.
food of every variety. Including toma
toes. wheat, tamed gaselle*. hyenas, wild
cat*. birds—anything and everything."
The money I* still the cowry shell, but
the Marla Theresa dollar Is taken, while
gold *nd silver coins are bought to ha
worked up Into ornaments. The King's
paU e was a “splendid specimen of mud
architecture,** the audience chamber a
room thirty feet square The King was
seated on a rich red dais, surrounded by
Ms courtier* |n compact rows, attired |*
k vMJUmea ted and outer a a**,
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