The new imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature ... . ection or misconduct, without giving them an opportu-nity of answering for themselves, they being looked upon as moreimmediately his slaves. Jhe Turks are generalh robust and wellshaped, of a good mien, and patient of hardships, which rendersthem fit for war. They shave their heads ; but wear their beardslong, except the military and those in the seraglio, who wear onlywhiskers. They cover their heads with a white linen-turban of anenormous size, and n
The new imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature ... . ection or misconduct, without giving them an opportu-nity of answering for themselves, they being looked upon as moreimmediately his slaves. Jhe Turks are generalh robust and wellshaped, of a good mien, and patient of hardships, which rendersthem fit for war. They shave their heads ; but wear their beardslong, except the military and those in the seraglio, who wear onlywhiskers. They cover their heads with a white linen-turban of anenormous size, and never pull it off but when they sleep. Thelanguages spoken in European Turkey are the Turkish and Tarta-rian, which have a great alfinity to one another; the modemGreek, which dilfers w idely from the ancient, the Sclavonian, andWalachian. The Arabic is the language of the learned. Learn-ing is at a very low ebb among the Turks: however, tliey havesome schools, colleges, and academies ; but they are on a veryditierent footing from those among us. Mohammedanism, of thesect of Omar, is the established religion; but Christiaus, Jews, ™ and. I T t^ ]i< lY ][ rsf G .
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