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parts of his dominions, for the purpose of forming 

 his ill-advised expedition against Ibrahim Pasha, 

 in 1839, and which was, soon afterwards, so sig- 

 nally defeated at the battle of Nezib. 



Some persons imagine that the Turks are a 

 very good sort of people, who have been grossly 

 misrepresented and unreasonably found fault 

 with ; that a Turk is, in the bottom of his heart, 

 a most kind, humane creature ; that in his do- 

 mestic life he is a model of perfection ; and that he 

 would not intentionally injure any one, or cause 

 needless pain even to a dog. It is true they are 

 humane to dogs, inasmuch as they v/ill not allow 

 them to be destroyed, and a Turk is often seen 

 buying bread to feed them. But a little of this 

 kindness would be well bestowed upon their fel- 

 low-creatures. I do not mean to assert that 

 the Turks are all utterly ignorant of the meaning 

 of common humanity. Far from it. There are 

 honourable exceptions, amongst which I cannot 

 refrain from mentioning the worthy Mustafa, 

 who, when Pasha of Janina, w^as proverbially so 

 humane and kind-hearted that he could not ad- 

 minister the laws with sufficient severity to keep 

 in awe that wild people. But I witnessed at 



