A Month At Constantinople
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The Maiden Tower, (or Leander's Tower, as it is sometimes called, ) is a little building rising from the water, about which the old story is told of the favourite child, shut up until he or she was of age, because a prediction had announced an early accidental death, and being at last killed by a viper from some fire-wood. The same legend belongs to the Folly, at Clifton, and a dozen other places.
Landing at Scutari, which I imagine must be the most oriental portion of Constantinople, we went u...p to the Convent of the Howling Dervishes, and were introduced into a square room, with a balustrade round it, and at the top a latticed gallery for the women. All around were hung rude musical instru- ments — chiefly little drums and tambourines : and against the wall at the end were battle-axes, and apparently instruments of torture, in great numbers — hooks, sjukes, and the like. The dervishes, who A MONTH AT CONSTANTINOPLE. 141 were crouching on the floor, on sheepskins, did not appear to have any particular costume, as those at Pera; but each afterwards put on a felt skull-cap.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Maiden Tower, (or Leander's Tower, as it is sometimes called, ) is a little building rising from the water, about which the old story is told of the favourite child, shut up until he or she was of age, because a prediction had announced an early accidental death, and being at last killed by a viper from some fire-wood. The same legend belongs to the Folly, at Clifton, and a dozen other places.
Landing at Scutari, which I imagine must be the most oriental portion of Constantinople, we went u...p to the Convent of the Howling Dervishes, and were introduced into a square room, with a balustrade round it, and at the top a latticed gallery for the women. All around were hung rude musical instru- ments — chiefly little drums and tambourines : and against the wall at the end were battle-axes, and apparently instruments of torture, in great numbers — hooks, sjukes, and the like. The dervishes, who A MONTH AT CONSTANTINOPLE. 141 were crouching on the floor, on sheepskins, did not appear to have any particular costume, as those at Pera; but each afterwards put on a felt skull-cap.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Elbert a Smith to read onlineMoreLess
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