36 PALACE OF THE PASHA. 



drawing and then rising to depart, when, if the 

 host be a great man, he will remain seated, or he 

 will, according to the rank of the visitor, accom- 

 pany him as far as the step or to the door of the 

 room or house. Tm^ks, and I have observed it is 

 the same with Mahommedans in all comitries, are 

 remarkably elegant in their manner and address. 

 There is in a Turk's manner a calm dignity, an 

 imperturbable quietness, a modest assurance, a 

 consciousness of the respect to which his situation 

 or his rank entitles him, which, cannot but be con- 

 sidered the perfection of good breeding. A well- 

 bred Turk has a modest diffidence without irre- 

 solution or indecision, and dignity without an 

 overbearing or haughty demeanour. 



The palace of the Pasha, which is situated in 

 the Fort of Janina, is a large building, which I 

 dare say might once have been called magnificent, 

 but which is now in a woeful state of dilapi- 

 dation and decay. There are some very good 

 rooms in it, and the ceilings bear the appearance 

 of having been, in bygone days, very beauti- 

 fully but fantastically ornamented, contrasting 

 strangely with its present miserable condition. 

 The Pasha transacts all public business in this 



