BAZAAR. 21 



is a good deal of trade carried on ; but the town 

 bears evident marks, in ruined and abandoned 

 houses, and its general appearance of dilapidation 

 and decay, that it was once very different from 

 what it now is. 



The Bazaar is still extensive, and it appears 

 wonderful how so many shop-keepers find a live- 

 lihood. The very beautiful silks which the Alba- 

 nian men use as sashes, but which English ladies 

 often wear as scarfs, are to be obtained here at 

 very moderate prices, also furs in great quantities, 

 and all kinds of fancy articles ; English cottons 

 and hardware are of course in great abundance. 



The Bazaar consists of a number of streets, 

 about twelve feet wide, intersecting each other 

 very irregularly and at very acute angles. The 

 eaves of the roofs very nearly meet in the middle 

 of the streets, and in some parts overlap each 

 other at a height of about seven feet from the 

 ground, so that the buying and selling is not 

 interfered with by the badness of the weather. 

 The shops are open to the front and join their 

 neighbours on both sides, so that they are in fact 

 nothing more than rows of boards raised about 

 three feet from the ground, upon which the articles 



