Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . Il liillriirirW HllPi^ AROUND THE WORLD. 343 platanus tree. Lounging on clivans were a number ofTurks, with white turbans and long beards, smoking thenargile, or water-^Dipe, and seeking nervous excitementin frequent draughts of coffee, or in the inhalation of theintoxicating fumes of hashish. Near by was a beautifulfountain, erected by some kind Turk who was seeking en-trance into the Mussulman heaven by doing good to man,and a mosque from the minarets of which the muezzin wascalling the faith
Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . Il liillriirirW HllPi^ AROUND THE WORLD. 343 platanus tree. Lounging on clivans were a number ofTurks, with white turbans and long beards, smoking thenargile, or water-^Dipe, and seeking nervous excitementin frequent draughts of coffee, or in the inhalation of theintoxicating fumes of hashish. Near by was a beautifulfountain, erected by some kind Turk who was seeking en-trance into the Mussulman heaven by doing good to man,and a mosque from the minarets of which the muezzin wascalling the faithful to prayer. There is no god but God,and Mohammed is His prophet, was the cry that was float-ing on the air as the travellers EXTERIOR VIEW OF A TURKISH HOUSE. The interior of Constantinople by no means correspondswith the expectations which one is led to entertain fromthe splendor of its appearance as seen from the streets are narrow, and paved with stones which appearas though they had been scattered at random, simply to coverthe nakedness of the earth. The houses are of wood, andso wretchedly built, that they afford but little shelteragainst the elements. Fires at Constantinople, where the 346 GRANTS TOUR buildings are of frame, are, of course, very destructive,sometimes sweeping away squares of houses at a are two lofty towers which overlook the city, wherethe watchmen are stationed night and day to sound thealarm of fire; but a conflagration rarely breaks out whichdoes not destroy a square of buildings. The Turks willsometimes make an effort to arrest the flames, but if over-mastered, they will quietly fold their arms, and exclaiming
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