. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. n is in a poor con- xurks. dition among the Turks, excepting as regards the Koran, and that chieflyamong the upper classes. The leading officials who governhave however a considerable amount of Western learning ; butthe Turk as a whole is not progressing either in agriculture or manu-factures. His sway appears bound to come to an end. Even inAdrianople the Turks are continual
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. n is in a poor con- xurks. dition among the Turks, excepting as regards the Koran, and that chieflyamong the upper classes. The leading officials who governhave however a considerable amount of Western learning ; butthe Turk as a whole is not progressing either in agriculture or manu-factures. His sway appears bound to come to an end. Even inAdrianople the Turks are continually decreasing, while the Grreeks,Armenians, and Jews Are increasing. Perhaps many of the signs of Turkish transformation are equallycertain indications of approaching downfall. The Turk, ceasing to be awarrior or a fanatic, has no vaison detre. There is no bastinadoing, nohanging of thieves, not even of murderers ; and no baker convicted ofselling short weight has had his ear nailed to his own door-post for thelast fifteen years. The Sultan objects, like the kings of Holland andBelgium, to sign death warrants ; and the only punishment of murderersis to be sentenced to ten or fifteen years imprisonment, terms which. II 212 THE INHABITANTS OF EUROPE. they generally commute for themselves by escaping. {Times, Nov. 6,1886.) Turkish diplomacy has become a byword for procrastination andindecision, sure signs of weakness. The well-to-do Turks ambitionseems to be to transform himself into a Western gentleman. The ladiesaim at a corresponding change, and wear their yashmaks very thin,especially if they are pretty. Their mantles, made of striped red andwhite silk-gauze stuffs, are well fitted, and the Western corset is worn ;
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