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animals of the brute creation ; and yet, with 

 money as our idol, we hesitate not to buy and sell 

 aiFections as we would merchandize, and parents 

 call it prudential regard for a daughter's welfare 

 to risk the happiness or misery of the rest of her 

 Hfe for a paltry consideration of pounds, shillings, 

 and pence. 



Our route from the khan at the eastern extre- 

 mity of the Vale of Tempe, lay, after crossing 

 the Peneus in a ferry-boat, over a country for the 

 most part flat and finely wooded, in appearance 

 as magnificent ground for shooting as the most 

 zealous sportsman can desire to see. 



The banks of the Peneus, of which we took our 

 leave on clearing the Vale of Tempe, become 

 apparently quite flat, the river finding its way 

 over a low marshy plain to the sea. 



At a sort of dogana, or custom-house, that we 

 passed, the guard demanded our teschere or pass- 

 port. Our bouyourdi from the pasha being a 

 step above a teschere, was sufficient ; but in these 

 countries they always want " backshish," and 

 care not for all the passports in Europe. Accord- 

 ingly, when they found they could not stop us, 

 they made a difficulty about our surrigee, saying 



