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THE SMYRNA FIG AT HOME AND ABROAD 



1. Flat car loaded with Goat Hair sacks filled with Smyrna Figs. Guards in charge waiting for 

 train to start. From photograph taken at Aiden. 2. A Fig Train. From photograph taken at Karabounar. 



dedicated to the Moslem faith. It still retains much of its splendor and magnifi- 

 cence, but its walls in many places have been defaced by the removal of the mosaics. 



The country in the immediate vicinity of Constantinople is rough and rugged, 

 vineyards and gardens are neglected, and rapidly going into a state of decay. 



The trip up the Bosphorus from Constantinople to the Black Sea is one not soon 

 to be forgotten. The shores on both sides are lined with pretty villages, and the 

 hills in the background are clothed with trees and green vegetation. Here are to 

 be seen the picturesque summer residences of the wealthier Turks and foreigners, 

 and the summer palace of the present ruler and those of deceased Sultans. The 

 dirt and the squalor of Constantinople are here forgotten, and the traveler is im- 

 pressed with the beauty and air of cleanliness of the surroundings. 



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