. William H. Seward's travels around the world. read—the sea,at Constantinople, is a highway of commerce, and a dividing the city, it is not forced out by wharves, docks,or piers, on either side. You may pass from the steamship toyour dwelling-place on the greensward of your garden ; or youmay enter your frail caique and float in safety on the deep waters,which at the same time are bearing by the most majestic ships thatman can build. So you may, from the same pleasure-boat, land oneither green shore of the Bosporus at the waters edge, or windyour way among the fleets ri
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. read—the sea,at Constantinople, is a highway of commerce, and a dividing the city, it is not forced out by wharves, docks,or piers, on either side. You may pass from the steamship toyour dwelling-place on the greensward of your garden ; or youmay enter your frail caique and float in safety on the deep waters,which at the same time are bearing by the most majestic ships thatman can build. So you may, from the same pleasure-boat, land oneither green shore of the Bosporus at the waters edge, or windyour way among the fleets riding at anchor in the Golden Horn. AN ANCIENT PILLAR. 639 It is this peaceful contact of two continents, with the truce be-tween an old and a new civilization in the Bosporus, and at thesame time a control of two seas, both relieved of their terrors,while retaining always their placid beauty, that makes Constanti-nople the most delightful place in the world. One other elemententers into the picture—the streets of Constantinople are narrow,. ANCIENT PILLAR AT CONSTANTINOPLE most of the dwellings and shops are cheap and frail, yet theseblemishes are overlooked in the view of the ever-admired Oriental 640 EUROPE. city, witli the gleaming towers, domes, and minarets, of its thou-sand palaces and mosques, and a gorgeous golden sunlight con-
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