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XVIII.]
THE MUEZIN'S CALL TO
PRAYER.
285
CLE FT AT ARVI.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE MUEZIN'S SUMMONS TO PRAYER. THE USE OF BELLS IN GREEK
CHURCHES. THE PROBABLE SITES OF INATOS, PRIANSOS, AND
PRAESOS. AN INTERESTING INSCRIPTION. THE SITES OF PYR-
ANTHOS, STELAE, ASTERUSIA, AND PYLOROS. ARRIVAL AT HAG-
HIUS DHEKA.
March 28.
I was awakened this morning about an hour before
sunrise, by the crowing of cocks, and the voice of the
Muezin, heard beautifully through the stillness of the
night, as he summoned all true believers to the house
of prayer. Captain Manias uttered a bitter curse on
every
foule paynim,
That 'leeveth on Mahound,
when I disturbed his slumbers by asking whether he
THE MUEZIN'S CALL TO
PRAYER.
285
CLE FT AT ARVI.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE MUEZIN'S SUMMONS TO PRAYER. THE USE OF BELLS IN GREEK
CHURCHES. THE PROBABLE SITES OF INATOS, PRIANSOS, AND
PRAESOS. AN INTERESTING INSCRIPTION. THE SITES OF PYR-
ANTHOS, STELAE, ASTERUSIA, AND PYLOROS. ARRIVAL AT HAG-
HIUS DHEKA.
March 28.
I was awakened this morning about an hour before
sunrise, by the crowing of cocks, and the voice of the
Muezin, heard beautifully through the stillness of the
night, as he summoned all true believers to the house
of prayer. Captain Manias uttered a bitter curse on
every
foule paynim,
That 'leeveth on Mahound,
when I disturbed his slumbers by asking whether he