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account of a visit

[chap.

THE PORT OF MEG A L O-K A ST RON.

CHAPTER X.

VISIT TO MUSTAFA-PASHA. CHANGE IN THE TREATMENT OF EURO-
PEANS BY MOHAMMEDANS OF RANK. OSMAN-BEY. MY HOST
DHEMETRIO. VENETIAN REMAINS. CATHEDRAL OF ST TITUS.
THE SAINTS SKULL COMPARED WITH THE HEAD OF ORPHEUS.
OTHER SUPERSTITIONS, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN. NAMES OF
MOSQUES SOMETIMES DERIVED FROM CHRISTIAN SAINTS. ANCIENT
AND MODERN FEMALE DRESS IN THESE COUNTRIES. ORIENTAL
AND ANCIENT SECLUSION OF WOMEN. THE HOT BATH. ANCIENT
AND MODERN CLEANLINESS.

February 28.

On visiting his Excellency Mustafa-pasha, the
Seraskier of the island, about nine o'clock this morn-
ing, I was accompanied by Monsieur Godebout, and
also by the English consular agent. We found the
band of one of the Arab regiments, now quartered in
the city, playing in the anteroom. The Pasha, who
 
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