Travels in Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt ...

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TRAVELS IN ASIATIC TURKEY,
expressed a wish to see the whole of the mission on the following;
day.
Kaithana is a valley very pleasantly situated at the extremity of
the harbour, and distant from Buyukdere about ten miles. It has
been made choice of by the Turks for their artillery experiments,
to which its even surface is well adapted. The vestiges of a build-
ing said to have been formerly a palace of the Grand Seignor are to
be seen here; and near to them is a beautiful kiosque* for the Sul-
tan's nse. A fine meandring stream runs through the valley.
tl c evening I returned to Buyukdere.
On the 4th, we repaired, agreeably to our appointment, to the
residence of the Capitan Pacha, with whom we made some stay,
and were entertained with coffee, and other refreshments. Previ-
ous 1
v to our taking leave, he made each of us a small present, a
gown piece, for instance, or some such trifle. The General was
resented with a handsome snuff-box, set round with brilliants, as
v.as also Mrs. Koehler.
'After this visit of ceremony, we went on board the Charon, Cap-
tain A' 1
'Keller, where we weie not a little
gratified by the
sight of
twd of our countrymen, who had been kept in
slavery during two
months in the vicinity of Constantinople, with a perfect ignorance
of tiie -a;ed b th within;, de and without, in the Turkish style.
It has several
opening-, with shuters or latticed w >rk, answering the purpose of windows.
The is
k'nsq.'.e ener r lly raided some reet from the gr-und, and is furnished withinside,
after the 1 urkvh fashion, w th sofas, r rais d >latforms, coverea with cloth, and providtd
wih cushi ns. The floor is cov red wit h hanlsome mats fabricated in E yt>t, a
consider ble manufactory or" which is c?rr cd on a Mcnovf in Lciver Egypt.
In ( e (obstruction of thesv kiosques, the Turks usually make choice of an elevated
grouid. It is also their practi e to place them near a river, or stream of water, situations
of which they are passionately fond. They there indulge themselves in for several hours together.
smoking
Small kiosques are requently erected on the poor? of Turk sb merchant vessels, par^
ticularly of those vhich navigate the Black Sea. Beneath the shade of these, the crews
smoke their
pjpes.
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