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we very reasonably concluded that it contained 

 all his worldly goods, and that he considered his 

 life not worth having if his treasure should be lost 

 in the rapids. This Jew had two very interesting 

 children, and although he lived well himself, and 

 ate and drank as well as any one of the passen- 

 gers, it appeared that his system of feeding was 

 something of the same description as that of the 

 man who was proverbial for having brought his 

 horse to live upon a straw ; he gave these un- 

 fortunate children nothing but dried raisins for 

 breakfast, a hard egg and a slice of bread for 

 dinner, and some very unripe cherries for supper. 

 The captain assured us, that he knew him to be a 

 very wealthy man, and that he had a large share 

 in the shipment of cotton which we had taken on 

 board at Widin, and which now overburthened our 

 fragile barge. 



The rest of us were too glad to walk, even if it 

 were only to stretch our legs, after our confine- 

 ment on board the steam-vessel. We landed, 

 therefore, on the Servian side, and, narrowly 

 watched by two guardians, and guarded by an 

 extraordinarily-dressed animal, who was intended 

 to look like a soldier, we followed the course of 



