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CHAPTER X. 



THESSALOXICA — PLAGUE EXTRAORDINARY REVIEW OF ARTIL- 

 LERY COLONEL OF ARTILLERY OBLIGED TO TURN SHIP- 

 BUILDER — VISIT TO THE PASHA ST. PAUL's CHAIR INTE- 

 RIOR OF MOSaUES BARRACKS PRISON HORRIBLE TOR- 

 TURES INFLICTED ON FIVE ALBANIANS REPRESENTATION 



TO PASHA — OBTAIN THEIR RELEASE — INDIGNATION OF MUS- 

 TAFA PASHA. 



Our lodg^ino; at Salonica was of course an un- 

 furnished one, because in these plaguy countries 

 no man can be sure that his friend, in shaking 

 him by the hand, is not conferring upon him dis- 

 ease, and perhaps death, in a horrible form, and 

 every one is afraid of his neighbour ; consequently, 

 those who let, as well as those who hire lodgings, 

 are equally careful that no susceptible article 

 shall be lent by the one or taken by the other. 

 " What a horrible state of things !" some one will 

 exclaim. " What ! am I to dread shaking a person 

 by the hand, for fear of receiving infection ; and 

 does my friend avoid me from the same cause ?" 

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