. William H. Seward's travels around the world. n deep sensibilityamong his own countrymen, while the natives of the East listenedwith surprise and pleasure to a free exercise of speech for the firsttime in their lives. Blacque Bey and Mr. Brown followed with speeches which werepleasing and appropriate in their allusions to Mr. Seward, RobertCollege, and the relations between Turkey and the United the exercises closed, the assemblage attended Mr. Sewardto his carriage, and parted from him with cheers for himself, forthe Union, for the Turkish Empire, and for Robert College. THE BOS
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. n deep sensibilityamong his own countrymen, while the natives of the East listenedwith surprise and pleasure to a free exercise of speech for the firsttime in their lives. Blacque Bey and Mr. Brown followed with speeches which werepleasing and appropriate in their allusions to Mr. Seward, RobertCollege, and the relations between Turkey and the United the exercises closed, the assemblage attended Mr. Sewardto his carriage, and parted from him with cheers for himself, forthe Union, for the Turkish Empire, and for Robert College. THE BOSPORUS. 643 July 5th.—The Minister of the Navy, Mahmoud Pacha, sent asteamer this morning for the excursion on the Bosporus, indispen-sable to a true knowledge of Constantinople. We displayed theUnited States flag by the side of the red banner of the Turks. The Bosporus is a channel, which, taking no note of municipaldivisions, traverses the entire length of the capital; but such achannel as no human hands could make. While it is tideless, it. TURKISH WOMAN IN STREET DRESS. nevertheless has the breadth of the East River at New York, anda depth practically unfathomable. Its waters, from the Black Seato the Sea of Marmora, have a current averaging two or three milesan hour, but increased at some points to four miles by juttingpromontories or converging shores. The city and suburbs arespread, though not equally, over the two lofty and gently-risingbanks, and a hostile ship-of-war moving through the Golden Horn 644: EUROPE. and the Bosporus could shell and destroy not only every warehouseon the bank, but every palace, mosque, and villa, in the entire Government has a high appreciation of the Bosporus as an or-nament of the capital. It carefully prohibits the use of its shoresfor offensive trades, avocations, or manufactories, and they are, con-sequently, embellished with the finest public institutions, palaces,and villas. Every man of the wealthier class, besides his wint
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