. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. e pulpit, the worshipersformed in lines, and as the priests read the prayers,they went through the same movements that they hadpreviously made while at their personal devotions. Women do not take any part in the public worshipon the floor of the mosque, said the guide. The lat-ticed galleries are provided for them. There they maysit in privacy during the service. The galleries, how-ever, are rarely occupied. The Mosque of Ahmed has six minarets; St. Sophia,onlv four. The minarets, slender, round towers, arenot attached to the main ed
. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. e pulpit, the worshipersformed in lines, and as the priests read the prayers,they went through the same movements that they hadpreviously made while at their personal devotions. Women do not take any part in the public worshipon the floor of the mosque, said the guide. The lat-ticed galleries are provided for them. There they maysit in privacy during the service. The galleries, how-ever, are rarely occupied. The Mosque of Ahmed has six minarets; St. Sophia,onlv four. The minarets, slender, round towers, arenot attached to the main edifices, but stand separateand distinct in the courts surrounding the mosques, withsome space intervening between mosque and minaret. Resuming our drive through the very narrow streetsof Stamboul, which are paved with large rough cobblestones once laid in place but now very much out of place,we passed many old unpainted frame buildings withstove pipes projecting from the windows of the secondand third floors. I do not wish any one ill, said a tourist who at. (i77) 178 .4 TRIP TO THE ORIENT. home was chief of a city Fire Department, but I wouldgive a ten dollar gold piece if I could see how the firedepartment of this old city manages to control or ex-tinguish a conflagration after it has gained headwayamong these tinder boxes. The watchmen on the watchtowers surely cannot locate a fire and give the alarmuntil they see a smoke or flame arising. The fountains of the city were one of the peculiarTurkish institutions that attracted the tourists Koran enjoins all true believers to abstain fromintoxicants, and to perform regular ablutions beforeprayers; so there are drinking foun tains at cornerswhere the thirsty assemble to drink from brass cups, andwashing fountains or basins outside and adjoining themosques, as well as inside these buildings, where Mos-lems were seen washing hands or feet regardless of ourcurious eyes. Some of the drinking fountains are ver}large and b
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