236 PERA THE GOLDEN HORN. 



probably did not exactly comprehend that the 

 health officer was just as likely to catch or com- 

 municate plague as any one else. We were, 

 however, released the next day, and my com- 

 panion and myself established ourselves in Mr. 

 Roboli's boarding-house in Pera. 



Pera, which is separated by the Golden Horn 

 from Stamboul, or the Turkish part of the city, 

 is the Frank quarter. The Bosphorus separates 

 both Pera and Stamboul from the Asiatic shore, 

 consequently the Golden Horn is a branch of the 

 Bosphorus. I will not attempt to describe Con- 

 stantinople, because I profess only to relate my 

 own personal adventures. It has been often de- 

 scribed by able pens, but a better idea can be 

 formed of it from one glance at Bartlett's 

 " Beauties of the Bosphorus," than from reading 

 a thousand descriptions. I must, however, frankly 

 acknowledge, that I had heard so much of the 

 beauty of Constantinople, that at first I was 

 grievously disappointed ; but a more close exami- 

 nation, and a more intimate acquaintance with it, 

 gave rise to a different feeling ; and now that I 

 have had time to reflect maturely upon what I 

 saw, I feel most perfectly and fully convinced, 



