Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . rkish meetings. On the opposite side are men, generallyof a respectable class, some of whom are found here every day, and all day long, dozingunder the double influence of coffee and tobacco. The coffee is served in very smallcups, not larger than egg-cups, grounds and all, without cream or sugar, and so black,thick, and bitter, that it has been aptly compared to stewed soot. Besides theordinary chibouk for tobacco, there is another implement, called narghillai, used forsmoking in a caffinet, of a more elaborate constructio
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . rkish meetings. On the opposite side are men, generallyof a respectable class, some of whom are found here every day, and all day long, dozingunder the double influence of coffee and tobacco. The coffee is served in very smallcups, not larger than egg-cups, grounds and all, without cream or sugar, and so black,thick, and bitter, that it has been aptly compared to stewed soot. Besides theordinary chibouk for tobacco, there is another implement, called narghillai, used forsmoking in a caffinet, of a more elaborate construction. It consists of a glass vase, filledwith water, and often scented with distilled rose or other flowers. This is surmounted witha silver or brazen head, from which issues a long flexible tube; a pipe-bowl is placedon the top, and so constructed that the smoke is drawn, and comes bubbling up throughthe water, cool and fragrant to the mouth. A peculiar kind of tobacco, grown at Shirazin Persia, and resembling small pieces of cut leather, is used with this 2ss. JMff&wSiWK WITH THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA MINOR. 01 The pipe is lighted either hy a fragment of ignited charcoal, or amadhoo; this last isan inflammable spark prepared from decayed wood, or a particular kind of fungus, anda Turk never goes without a portion of it, with a flint and steel, in his the centre of the room is generally an artificial fountain, bubbling and playing insummer, and round it vases of flowers, with piles of the sweet-scented melons of Cassaba,to keep them cool, and add, by their odour, to the fragrance of the flowers. A frequent addition to the enjoyments of the caffinet, is the medac, or are several of these public characters at Constantinople, who, at festival seasons,are engaged by the caffinet-ghees to entertain their guests. On these occasions, toaccommodate the increased company, stools are placed in semicircles in the streetsbefore the caffinet, an
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