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infidel than perisli miserably with themselves. 

 It is even more singular, that two of these 

 animals were actually preserved alive to the 

 end of the siege : their owners had probably 

 some private supply of water, which they 

 preferred to share with beasts rather than with 

 their dying brethren. When the Greeks first 

 obtained the possession of the town, they com- 

 menced a terrible persecution of the storks, 

 driving them from the chimney tops and old 

 ruined columns, where they had enjoyed, 

 under Mahometan protection, so many centu- 

 ries of hereditary security. The sight of this 

 baibarity is believed to have enraged the 

 Turks even more than the destruction of their 

 houses and the violation of their mosques." — 

 Waddington' s Visit to Greece. 



The morals and generosity of the Turks 

 have been frequently alluded to by modern 

 travellers. The comparison made between 

 the modern Greeks and Turks, are by no 

 means flattering to the fonner. We recollect 

 Byron compliments the Turks in taking his 

 bills with little or no sacrifice to him, while j' 



the Greek merchant was both huckstenno' 

 and expensive. 



In finishing this chapter, a great part of 

 which has been dedicated to the cruelties 

 practised on the Horse, we can assure our 

 readers, that it is not our intention to incul- 

 cate any morbid sensibility, or to pretend to 

 any aflfectation of kindness more than is neces- 

 sary for the protection of the Horse. We feel 

 quite assured that we have a right to the ser- 

 vices of all animals, and our object has been 

 only to call the attention of man to distinguish 

 between the uses and the abuses. Our de- 

 sire is to inculcate that humanity, which, as 

 rational and intellectual beings, we ought to 

 exercise towards the lower creation. They 

 have the same right to a kind and considerate 

 treatment from us, as we have in return a 

 right to their services. Let us then adopt a 

 mild and conciliatory conduct towards them ; 

 and, instead of cruelty and harshness, treat 

 them as companions and friends — 



" That mercy I to others shew, 

 That mercy show to me " 



