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buildings is always of the form here drawn, which is very
similar to the one shown at Ravenna as a relic of that
The Greeks have here their little place of worship,

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In this colony I observed a marked peculiarity, namely a
litter of pigs, the only specimen of this animal that I have
seen; probably they are the only ones in Asia Minor, for the
Turks object to the animal, alive or dead, as unclean.

April 26th.—Five mares, each with its foal, were brought
at seven o'clock to carry us to Hoola, forty miles distant.
They had been fetched eight or ten miles from the tents of
their owners, the Chingunees or gipsies, who are here the
principal inhabitants of the mountains. "We halted at one
of their tents as we passed, to arrange our baggage; and the
women, who were unveiled, displayed a strength as great as,
and an activity far greater than, would be found in the tents
of the Turks. During our short pause a number of women
and their children assembled round us. "What a study for
a Eembrandt or a Murillo in the singular but extreme beauty
of some of the group ! There was a mother with her child,
perhaps five years old, dark as a negro, but of a far healthier
and richer colour, almost veiled by its wild hair, which had
never been cut, and perhaps never combed; its neck was
hung with beads, coins, and various chains ; its very few
clothes hung loosely, leaving the arms and legs bare. The