. Across Asia Minor on foot . A \ iew ot Altppo. Mehmet, theZaptieh for Alexandretta. THE ASSASSINS 419 which pervades it. Possibly this is apparent only tothe Western visitor, and in reality represents hisinability to understand the East or to think in itsterms. To such an one, however, all things here seemto possess this subtle quality. To him the peoplesfaces are inscrutable. He wonders what all thesebusy thronging crowds do for a living in a citywhere industries are not apparent; what do theythink about, having no politics and no newspapers;how do they amuse themselves, having no amuse-men
. Across Asia Minor on foot . A \ iew ot Altppo. Mehmet, theZaptieh for Alexandretta. THE ASSASSINS 419 which pervades it. Possibly this is apparent only tothe Western visitor, and in reality represents hisinability to understand the East or to think in itsterms. To such an one, however, all things here seemto possess this subtle quality. To him the peoplesfaces are inscrutable. He wonders what all thesebusy thronging crowds do for a living in a citywhere industries are not apparent; what do theythink about, having no politics and no newspapers;how do they amuse themselves, having no amuse-ments ! Aleppo contains people of almost every raceunder the sun—including twenty thousand Jews anda greater number of Persians—but its citizens in thegross have what may be called an Aleppo look ofmystery, and differ plainly from those of all otherOttoman cities. The visitor asks himself why thisshould be, and finds no answer but the fanciful onethat the city has somehow stamped them with itself The alleys and courtyards contribute not a litt
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