. The rulers of the Mediterranean. £^/ating U^!.-. CONSTANTINOPLE 203 with an overhanging story from which those in-side could fire down upon the enemy below. Thejutting balcony on the Turkish houses is for theless serious purpose of allowing the harem tolook down upon the passers-by. Constantinople is a fair-weather city, and needsthe sun and the blue sky and the life of the watersabout it, which give to the city its real individu-ality. It misses in winter the pleasure-yachts ofthe summer months, the white uniforms of thethousands of boatmen, and the brighter dressingof the awnings and flags
. The rulers of the Mediterranean. £^/ating U^!.-. CONSTANTINOPLE 203 with an overhanging story from which those in-side could fire down upon the enemy below. Thejutting balcony on the Turkish houses is for theless serious purpose of allowing the harem tolook down upon the passers-by. Constantinople is a fair-weather city, and needsthe sun and the blue sky and the life of the watersabout it, which give to the city its real individu-ality. It misses in winter the pleasure-yachts ofthe summer months, the white uniforms of thethousands of boatmen, and the brighter dressingof the awnings and flags of the ships and steam-ers. But the waters about Constantinople are itsbest part, and are fuller and busier and brighterthan either those around the Battery or those be-low the Thames Embankment, and by standingon its wide wooden bridge, over which morepeople pass in a day than over any other (saveLondon Bridge) in the world, one can see a pro-cession of all the nations of the East. Constantinople is a much more primitive citythan one would expe
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