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green turban, and the priests do the same ; conse- 

 quently, the indignation of a Turk at seeing an 

 unbeHever presume to wear any thing so holy may 

 be well imagined. I remember an English lady, 

 one of the party with which I visited the danc- 

 ing dervishes, who had most unwittingly put on 

 a green dress — entirely green — and, as ill-luck 

 would have it, of the very identical shade of Ma- 

 homet's colour. None of us were aware of the 

 circumstance at the time, nor, fortunately, was the 

 lady herself; but we were afterwards told, by one 

 of our party who understood Turkish, that she 

 was favoured with a malediction from every Mos- 

 lem she met ; and one Turk in particular stood 

 still close to her, and showered upon her head 

 every curse his language admitted of, whilst she 

 remained happily unconscious of the sensation 

 she occasioned, and of the extent of the evils 

 which these worthy Turks so heartily prayed 

 might befal her. 



