THE MOREATES OE ADALIA, ASIA MINOR 



Photo by Ernest L. Harris 



A most interesting tribe of people living at Adalia are the Moreates. Their ancestors 

 left Greece after the revolution, and, with the exception of their religion, they have become 

 Turks in manners and customs. 



its existence. The wall around Adalia is 

 similar in many respects to the one at 

 Wisby, on the island of Gotland, in the 

 Baltic Sea. 



Adalia is noted for its dancing der- 

 vishes. Greeks of this section have lived 

 so exclusively among themselves for gen- 

 erations that they have retained many 

 ancient habits of their race. This is also 

 true of the Jews who reside here. The 

 bazars and mosques are also extremely 

 interesting, inasmuch as they have re- 

 tained their distinctly Turkish character 

 since medieval times. In some places the 

 streets are very narrow, and the balconies 

 of many of the houses project outward 

 one above the other to such an extent 

 that two persons can almost join hands 

 across the street from the upper stories. 

 In this respect many of the streets of 

 Adalia remind me of similar streets in 

 Brunswick, Germany. 



Adalia also has a considerable silk in- 

 dustry, as the climate of this section is 

 conducive to the growth of the mulberry 

 tree. The cocoon sheds are erected out- 

 side the city limits and are interesting, 

 for the reason that the laborers employed 

 are made up of the different nationalities 

 residing in this district. 



The islands of the JEgean taken to- 

 gether constitute one of the most historic 

 and interesting insular regions in the 

 world. Besides the twenty principal 

 ones, which have lent much to history, 

 there are innumerable smaller ones. Eu- 

 bcea, the largest of all, lies close to the 

 seacoast of Greece ; Thasos borders the 

 Macedonian coast ; Samothrace lies near 

 the Gulf of Saros, while Imbros and 

 Lemnos are prolongations of the Gal- 

 lipoli Peninsula. The northern Sporades 

 include Sciathos, Scopeles, Haloneses, 

 and Scyros, with its group of small 

 islands. Chios, Samos, Xikria, Cos, and 

 Calymnos lie along the west coast of Asia 

 Minor. Andros, Tenos, Xaxos, and 

 Paros belong to the great group of the 

 Cyclades, of which they are the largest. 

 Many of the JEgean islands are actually 

 prolongations of promontories jutting 

 out from the mainland. Some of them 

 are of volcanic formation. The larger 

 islands have a number of fertile and 

 well-watered valleys and plains, the prin- 

 cipal products of which are wheat, wine, 

 oil, mastic, cotton, silk, raisins, honey, and 

 wax. Coral and sponge fisheries are nu- 

 merous, and in most of the islands the 

 ancient Greek type perseveres among the 

 people. 



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