Beaufort, Francis: Karamania, or a brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity: with plans, views, &c. ; collected during a survey of that coast, under the orders of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, in the years 1811 & 1812 (London, 1817)

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timately blended greens and the two spe-
cies of fruit, luxuriantly mingled. How
alluring to the parched and weary tra-
veller in these sun-burned regions ! and
in none perhaps will he meet with a
more hearty welcome. In the Turkish
character there is a striking contrast of
good and bad qualities: though insa-
tiably avaricious, a Turk is always hos-
pitable, and frequently generous ; though
to get, and that by any means, seems to
be the first law of his nature, to give is
not the last; the affluent Mussulman
freely distributes his aspers; the needy
traveller is sure of receiving refreshment,
and sometimes even the honour of shar-
ing his pipe: his religion binds him to
supply his greatest enemy with bread
and water; and, on the public roads,
khans,* where gratuitous lodging is
siven, and numerous fountains for the
benefit of the thirsty passenger and his

* Inns, or Caravanserays.