A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . i I ?.-• \> XIX.] THE GRAND VIZIER. 475 lowed by tlie Ariadne and Psyche, arrived abreast ofthe Palace of Saleh Bazaar, she brought up. TlieState caique of the Sultan, the most lovely of floatingcreations, with fourteen caiquejees in silk shirts, fol-lowed by three grand caiques, came alongside withthe Grand Vizier Aali Pasha and Khamil Bey, GrandMaster of the Ceremonies. They were in their statedresses, Quaker-cut frocks of blue cloth very richlyembroidered, or rather crusted, with gold lace, andwore stars, ribands
A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . i I ?.-• \> XIX.] THE GRAND VIZIER. 475 lowed by tlie Ariadne and Psyche, arrived abreast ofthe Palace of Saleh Bazaar, she brought up. TlieState caique of the Sultan, the most lovely of floatingcreations, with fourteen caiquejees in silk shirts, fol-lowed by three grand caiques, came alongside withthe Grand Vizier Aali Pasha and Khamil Bey, GrandMaster of the Ceremonies. They were in their statedresses, Quaker-cut frocks of blue cloth very richlyembroidered, or rather crusted, with gold lace, andwore stars, ribands, and crosses of orders, and butfor the fez, might pass for diplomatical Christiansanywhere. Aali Pasha is a very small, slight, sallow-faced man, with two very penetrating honest-lookingeyes. He has a delicate air, and looks timorous andnervous; and his standing attitude is one of ratherimbecile deference to everybody, but in the presenceof the Sultan this becomes almost prostration. Yet,he is courageous, bold, enlightened, honest, and just;full of zeal for the inte
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