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generalissimo this opinion appeared to me as some- 

 what childish. He seemed to feel very dependent on 

 public opinion in Turkey, as was manifested on the 

 occasion of a small travelling mishap which befel us. 

 The engine of our vessel had suffered damage in 

 passing the Iron Gate, and we were forced to spend 

 the night in Orsova, that it might be repaired. In 

 consequence we arrived somewhat late at Kustendji, 

 and learnt to our dismay that the steamer, which went 

 from there to Constantinople only twice a week, had 

 not awaited the arrival of our train. The prospect 

 of remaining several days in that dreary place was 

 extremely disagreeable to all of us, especially to the 

 seraskier. A deputation of the passengers headed by 

 me therefore went to him, and begged him to induce 

 the steam-ship company to send a small steamer with 

 us after the one that had already departed. He 

 however declined this for not very intelligible reasons. 

 But afterwards he told me privately, he could not do 

 it on account of his position, for if the steam-ship 

 company had not complied with his request, all the 

 Pachas in the whole empire of Turkey would have 

 said "Haha! Omer Pacha has given an order, but has 

 not been obeyed, haha!'' - to which banter he dared 

 not expose himself. 



The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmora, the Fresh Waters, 

 the incomparably beautiful site of Constantinople 

 all this has been so well described and is so familiar 

 to the reader, that I had better be silent about it. 

 In spite of the splendour and grandeur of its situation, 



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