. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . dau. He takes thereins of the horses in his own hands, and drives backup the hill to the palace, while many courtiers follow onfoot, to come to his aid if needed. Cheers and music,pomp and show follow him to the gates of his palace. This is one of the most gorgeous royal events of fre-quent occurrence in all the world. The Caliph of twohundred million Mohammedans, and the sovereign ofthirty million subjects, attended not only by his ownhousehold, but by the brightly costumed ambassadorsand consu
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . dau. He takes thereins of the horses in his own hands, and drives backup the hill to the palace, while many courtiers follow onfoot, to come to his aid if needed. Cheers and music,pomp and show follow him to the gates of his palace. This is one of the most gorgeous royal events of fre-quent occurrence in all the world. The Caliph of twohundred million Mohammedans, and the sovereign ofthirty million subjects, attended not only by his ownhousehold, but by the brightly costumed ambassadorsand consuls of all nations, appears to the horse-tails, which have led the way to victoryor defeat on a thousand battle fields; jewel-hiltedswords, sashes, turbans, and fezes, worn by the malesin line, even to the little boys on Arabian steeds,lend the charm of novelty to a pageant which, formere magnificence, is seldom equaled under the sun. Abdul-Hamid is a small man, with a pale face andweak figure. He is aptly called the Sick Man, fornot only is his country sick, in the sense of ruin. 244 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. and decay, but the Sultan is really the most sickly-looking sovereign in Europe. It is said that he isalways cross and continually in a rage. No wonder,since he has so many wives to take care of ; for the num-ber of his harem runs up into the hundreds. His char-acter may best be judged by his acts, and certainly hehas performed no good acts worthy of notice. speaks of him as Gods curse to mankind ;while the Turkish journals of Constantinople, on his lastbirthday, January 19, with many flourishes of Orientaladulation, made it an occasion of raptured outburstspraising the goodness and beneficence of Allah formaking the earth a present of such a sublime being ashis Majesty the Sultan Abdul-Hamid II. To-daythe eyes of the good believers are blinded by the effectof this dazzlinor ligrht of Islam, and their hearts over-flow with happiness, says
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