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158 MODERN EPHESUS.
he returned home and found his younger brother
grown into an old man. The end of the story is,
however, rather different. Finding himself looked
up to with respect and wonder, he set himself up
for a prophet, and lived to the age of one hundred
and eighty-nine : whereas in the former tradition,
the Seven Sleepers were said to have died a natural
death on the day of their awaking.
Upon a gold coin of the Turks, called Armoocli,
the names stand thus :—Jemlika, Meshilina, Mislina,
Mernoos, Debbernoos, Shazzernoos, and Kepbes-
tatjoos.1 To these may be added the name of the
dog, Ketmehr. These names are considered by the
Turks as particularly fortunate; they are placed
on buildings to prevent their being burnt, and on
swords to prevent their breaking. The Mahom-
medans have a great veneration for the dog
Ketmehr, and allow him a place in paradise, with
some other favourite brutes : and they have a
sort of proverb Avhich they use in speaking of a
covetous person, that " he would not throw a bone
to the dog of the Seven Sleepers:" nay, it is said
that they have the superstition to write his name,
which they suppose to be Ketmehr, on their letters
which go far, or which pass the sea, as a pro-
tection or kind of talisman to preserve them from
miscarriage.3
The Seven Sleepers are held in great repute of
' Dallaway, Const, p. 222.
2 La Roque, Voy. de VArab. lleur. p. 7-1.
he returned home and found his younger brother
grown into an old man. The end of the story is,
however, rather different. Finding himself looked
up to with respect and wonder, he set himself up
for a prophet, and lived to the age of one hundred
and eighty-nine : whereas in the former tradition,
the Seven Sleepers were said to have died a natural
death on the day of their awaking.
Upon a gold coin of the Turks, called Armoocli,
the names stand thus :—Jemlika, Meshilina, Mislina,
Mernoos, Debbernoos, Shazzernoos, and Kepbes-
tatjoos.1 To these may be added the name of the
dog, Ketmehr. These names are considered by the
Turks as particularly fortunate; they are placed
on buildings to prevent their being burnt, and on
swords to prevent their breaking. The Mahom-
medans have a great veneration for the dog
Ketmehr, and allow him a place in paradise, with
some other favourite brutes : and they have a
sort of proverb Avhich they use in speaking of a
covetous person, that " he would not throw a bone
to the dog of the Seven Sleepers:" nay, it is said
that they have the superstition to write his name,
which they suppose to be Ketmehr, on their letters
which go far, or which pass the sea, as a pro-
tection or kind of talisman to preserve them from
miscarriage.3
The Seven Sleepers are held in great repute of
' Dallaway, Const, p. 222.
2 La Roque, Voy. de VArab. lleur. p. 7-1.