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in Spanish, now saying a long grace in Hebrew, 

 before they break and divide amongst themselves 

 the loaf which is to form their meal, and with 

 which they have provided themselves whilst on 

 shore, not daring to eat with the uncircumcised, 

 nor to partake of the provisions laid in by the 

 Christian steward of the vessel. On one side we 

 see some Armenians, whose dress, though rich, 

 does not at all betray the immense wealth of the 

 bearer ; on the other, a Circassian ; then some 

 Druses, claiming Norman descent ; lastly, herded 

 together on the very small space on the poop left 

 unoccupied by the motley crowd of human beings 

 with which the capacious deck of the Ferdinando 

 seemed to be perfectly alive, were a few Franks, 

 consisting of English, Germans, Italians, and 

 French, whose civilized and uncouth dresses were 

 a striking contrast to the picturesque and varied 

 costumes of the Easterns who filled the fore part 

 of the vessel. 



In the afternoon, we overtook some friends who 

 had left Corfu for Constantinople, in a yacht of 

 about twenty tons, about the same time that we 

 started overland. We had seen them at Con- 

 stantinople, and they had sailed that day for 



