A visit to the camp before Sevastopol . IT TO THE CAMP CHAPTEK XVIII. A YISIT TO THE GREAT FRENCH HOSPITAL AT PERA. EXTENSIVE BUILDING.— BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. TURKISH PORTERS. CAST OFF EQUIPMENTS OF WAR. PILES OF WOOD. STOVES AND STOVE-PIPE. A COCKNEts DISLIKE TO CONSTANTINOPLE. THE SALOONS. THE SICK. THE KITCHEN. DEU- CACIES. EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENTS. At an early period in the campaign the French hadestablished commodious hospitals at Pera, a district ofConstantinople. With my friend Righter and M. Costabeld, aWaldensian colporteur laboring among the Frenchsoldiers, I devoted an afternoon to an e
A visit to the camp before Sevastopol . IT TO THE CAMP CHAPTEK XVIII. A YISIT TO THE GREAT FRENCH HOSPITAL AT PERA. EXTENSIVE BUILDING.— BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. TURKISH PORTERS. CAST OFF EQUIPMENTS OF WAR. PILES OF WOOD. STOVES AND STOVE-PIPE. A COCKNEts DISLIKE TO CONSTANTINOPLE. THE SALOONS. THE SICK. THE KITCHEN. DEU- CACIES. EXCELLENT ARRANGEMENTS. At an early period in the campaign the French hadestablished commodious hospitals at Pera, a district ofConstantinople. With my friend Righter and M. Costabeld, aWaldensian colporteur laboring among the Frenchsoldiers, I devoted an afternoon to an examination ofthe principal one located near the Grand champs desmort, on the high ground back of the Sultans newand gorgeous palace. Ha^dng no connection with the army, we anticipa-ted that our entrance would be opposed. It was, butupon personal application to one of the directors, was promptly granted the desired permis-sion. The building presenting such a comfortable re-treat for the sick and wounded victims of war, was. i^ BEFORE SEVASTOPOL. 169 erected for a Turkish military school. It was built ofwood, four stories in height, and very commodious. Ishould imagine full one third larger than the spaciousMerchants Exchange in this city. Occupying a position of great prominence, uponan elevation overlooking the lovely Bosphorus and itsadjacent waters, together with the attractive landscapefor many miles around, its aj)pearance was imposingand inviting. At the main and spacious entrance way, throughwhich a very large omnibus might readily pass, we en-countered a gang of Turkish porters engaged in car-rying in beds and other articles appropriate to thepremises. A number of French convalescents weresimilarly occupied, and their sprightly movements con-trasted strikingly with those of the ever slow-and-easyfollowers of the Projjhet. At the right of the passage-way, we paused toexamine a mammoth pile of well-worn knapsacks,belts, swords, muskets, bayonets, and other ma
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