Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . onally, tottering up the streets ofPera, sinking under the weight of an incredible load, and overcome by the heat of aburning sun. His remedy for fatigue is a slice of melon, which refreshes him so effec-tually, that he is instantly enabled to pursue his toilsome journey. The Turkish modeof carrying planks through their streets is attended with serious inconvenience topassengers. The boards are attached to the sides of a horse in such a manner, extend-ing from side to side of the narrow streets, that they cannot fail of cru
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . onally, tottering up the streets ofPera, sinking under the weight of an incredible load, and overcome by the heat of aburning sun. His remedy for fatigue is a slice of melon, which refreshes him so effec-tually, that he is instantly enabled to pursue his toilsome journey. The Turkish modeof carrying planks through their streets is attended with serious inconvenience topassengers. The boards are attached to the sides of a horse in such a manner, extend-ing from side to side of the narrow streets, that they cannot fail of crushing or fracturingthe legs of the inexperienced or inactive that happen to meet them. Neither are thedogs, nor their most frequent attitude, forgotten in our illustration. The market-placeis their constant resort: there they quarrel for the offals; and a Frank, whose businessleads him to that quarter, has reason to congratulate himself, if he shall escape the blowof a plank from the passing horse, or the laceration of his flesh by an irritated dog. CflflJ- ? TAt1. CONSTANTINOPLE AND ITS ENVIRONS. ROUMELI IIISSAR, OR, THE CASTLE OF EUROPE, (ON THE BOSPHORUS.) The supposed origin of the Bosphorus is connected with the most awful phenomenaof nature; and the lovely strait, which now combines all that is beautiful and romantic,grateful to the eye, and soothing to the mind, owes its existence to all that is fearful andtremendous.—At its eastern extremity, and above the level of the Mediterranean, thereexisted an inland sea, covering vast plains with a wide expanse of waters, several thousandmiles in circumference. By a sudden rupture, it is supposed, an opening was made,through which the waters rushed, and inundated the subjacent countries. For this suppo-sition there are strong foundations of probability. The comparatively small sheets ofwater now partially occupying the space which the greater sea once covered, under thenames of the Euxine, Azoph, Caspian, and Aral seas, are onl
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