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BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS
these pleasant retreats have since been more invitingly christened the " Princess'
Islands;" and they are now a place of great resort with the holiday-loving
Greeks, during the summer months. On the extreme left lies Scutari, with its
noble and palace-like barrack and mosque, over which the rock-seated Guz-couli.
rising up amid the waters, seems to be standing sentinel; while the narrow
stretch of land, running in a direct line into the sea, is occupied by the poor
dingy little Greek town of Cadi Kui, whicli is built upon the site of the ancient
Chalcedon—called, in derision, the " City of the Blind," in contempt for the
wretched taste and narrow policy of the Greeks, who founded it several years
before they took possession of the superior position occupied by the present
capital.
Add to these several and enduring features of the scene, the constant passage
of hundreds of swift and arrow-like caiques, of fleets of merchantmen of all lands,
of the high-prowed and classical Arabian barks, and, occasionally, the stately
ships of war, with their blood-red flag glittering with a silver crescent, gracefully
making their way to their moorings off the palace of Beshik-Tash—and the
artist will readily be forgiven, though he should have multiplied his memories
of so glorious a spectacle.
YENIKEUIJ.
" Not a soul
But felt a fever of the mad, and play'd
Some tricks of desperation : all
Plung'd in the foaming brine—cry'd
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here
Shakspeare.
There are few prettier villages on the Bosphorus than Yenikeuij, which is
situated on the European shore, within two miles of Therapia. The houses,
in numerous instances, overhang the sea; and the beating of the waves against
the narrow terraces, as the rapid current forces them onward, keeps up a con-
stant murmur, which, in the hot months, is extremely refreshing. The heights
above the hamlet are profusely wooded; and many wealthy Armenian Sarafs
and Greek merchants have their maisons de plaisance among them.
BEAUTIES OF THE BOSPHORUS
these pleasant retreats have since been more invitingly christened the " Princess'
Islands;" and they are now a place of great resort with the holiday-loving
Greeks, during the summer months. On the extreme left lies Scutari, with its
noble and palace-like barrack and mosque, over which the rock-seated Guz-couli.
rising up amid the waters, seems to be standing sentinel; while the narrow
stretch of land, running in a direct line into the sea, is occupied by the poor
dingy little Greek town of Cadi Kui, whicli is built upon the site of the ancient
Chalcedon—called, in derision, the " City of the Blind," in contempt for the
wretched taste and narrow policy of the Greeks, who founded it several years
before they took possession of the superior position occupied by the present
capital.
Add to these several and enduring features of the scene, the constant passage
of hundreds of swift and arrow-like caiques, of fleets of merchantmen of all lands,
of the high-prowed and classical Arabian barks, and, occasionally, the stately
ships of war, with their blood-red flag glittering with a silver crescent, gracefully
making their way to their moorings off the palace of Beshik-Tash—and the
artist will readily be forgiven, though he should have multiplied his memories
of so glorious a spectacle.
YENIKEUIJ.
" Not a soul
But felt a fever of the mad, and play'd
Some tricks of desperation : all
Plung'd in the foaming brine—cry'd
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here
Shakspeare.
There are few prettier villages on the Bosphorus than Yenikeuij, which is
situated on the European shore, within two miles of Therapia. The houses,
in numerous instances, overhang the sea; and the beating of the waves against
the narrow terraces, as the rapid current forces them onward, keeps up a con-
stant murmur, which, in the hot months, is extremely refreshing. The heights
above the hamlet are profusely wooded; and many wealthy Armenian Sarafs
and Greek merchants have their maisons de plaisance among them.