TURKISH CHARACTER. 5 



kind host, who lived in Turkish fashion, we 

 had an opportunity of cultivating the acquaint- 

 ance of several of the Turkish gentlemen of 

 the town. We had come from Lycia strongly 

 biassed in favour of the Turkish character — 

 such as it is when seen uncorrupted by the 

 vices of the capital, and displayed in a race 

 comparatively pure. Mr. Daniell, like most 

 European travellers, had commenced his journey 

 prejudiced against the Mahometan part of the 

 population: he concluded it with the strongest 

 prepossessions in their favour. The disinterested 

 attentions, frankness, and courtesy we had met 

 with from all ranks — from pacha to peasant ; 

 the good-faith and honesty of the Lycian 

 Turks, which contrasted strikingly with the 

 clever knavery and selfishness of the Greek 

 part of the population ; and the good-sense 

 everywhere shown by a people who had had 

 scarcely any experience of travellers, and might 

 without blame look upon us with suspicion 

 as intruders, — the more so as the only Franks 

 they were in the habit of seeing were reckless, 

 smuggling, dissipated leech-merchants, — call for 

 our warmest acknowledgments, and we should 

 be very ungrateful if we did not thus put 



