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miserably poor would use anything but amber ; 

 and, though the common sort are cheap enough 

 to suit all ranks, Mr. M. has seen some which 

 have cost a hundred pounds, not from their size, 

 but from Some favourite tinge in their ap- 

 pearance. 



f6 With such a pipe," he says, " and with Sa- 

 loniki tobacco, a Turk is supremely happy. 

 Cross-legged on his Persian carpet, he enjoys it 

 the whole day, and except to call for more to- 

 bacco, or for a cup of coffee, he seldom opens 

 his mouth, as the smoke is emitted from 

 time to time in long cloudy columns from his 

 nose. Pipes take the lead in every visit, and 

 are preliminaries to every conversation. The 

 most flattering compliment a Turk can pay to 

 his guest is to present him with his chibouque 

 warm from his lips ; and I shall never forget the 

 mixed look of indignation and contempt which 

 a Pasha of three tails threw at an Englishman, 

 who unwarily wiped the superb amber mouth- 

 piece before he introduced it between his own 

 lips/' 



9th, Sunday." Hear, O Israel : The Lord 

 our God is one Lord : and thou shalt love the 

 Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all 

 thy soul, and with all thy might. And these 

 words which I command thee this day shall be in 

 thine heart ; and thou shalt teach them diligently 



