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CONSTANTINOPLE

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AND

ATHENS.

BY

REV. WALTER COLTON, U. S. N.

AUTHOR OF SHIP AND SHORE.

"Vagari, lustrare, discurrere, quivis potest, pauci, indagare, discere, id est vere peregrinari."

NEW-YORK:

LEAVITT, LORD & CO., 180 BROADWAY.

BOSTON:-CROCKER & BREWSTER.

1836.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, by LEAVITT, LORD & CO., in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, in the Clerk's office of the southern district of New-York.

Preface

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Departure from Smyrna-Condition on board an English yacht-

Storm off Metelin-Loss of spars and provisions-Tenedos and

the strand of Ilium-Beating up the Dardanelles-Scenery,

towns, and fortifications of the shore-Passage of Leander

and Xerxes-Pliny's aerolite-Sea of Marmora-First view

of Constantinople-Apprehensions on landing-A night scene 13

CHAPTER II.

Janizary cavash-Fate of Hallet Effendi-Stratagem of Maho-

met-Capture of Constantinople-The silver sofa-Palace of

the Sultan-his wives, odalisques, guards, garden-The Sultan

shooting an arrow-Conversation with him-His personal ap-

pearance-Prevalence of the plague

CHAPTER III.

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Visit to the royal Mosques-St. Sophia-Mosque of Achmet-of

Sultan Solyman-Tomb of its founder-Mosque of Osman-

Church and State-Mausoleums of Ottoman princes-Antiqui-

ties of the At-meidan-Egyptian obelisk-Marble pyramid-

Delphic column-Marcian's pillar-Sports of the djerid...... 51

CHAPTER IV.

City fountains-Artificial lakes-Subterranean structures-Ap-

pearance of bazars-Merchandise of the east-Habits of the

females-Sister of the Sultan-Khans of the city-Turkish bath

-Sale of a Georgian-Condition of a purchased girl......... 64