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p-erfon, who might juftly be faid to dance for all. 
He was dreffed in a Ihort jacket, was bare footed, 
and looked like a Turkilh foldier. He held in each 
hand two wooden fpoons. Thus accoutred, he 
(kipped about the middle of the room, and moved 
his head and arms as much as his feet, at the fame 
Clra j e orcen bending his body backwards, forwards, 
and fi deways. He held the fpoons, two in each 
land, in fuch a manner between his fingers, that he 
could frequently ftrike them together, 'which with 
the rough mufic made a noife no ways agreeable to 
our ears. As far as I could comprehend, the chief 
plea.ure confided in feeing a perfon for full three 
quarters of an hour perfift in a motion fo ftrong, 
as to put the body and every limb at once in full 
action. By this we may fee that fomething of the 
cultoms of the ancient inhabitants of thefe places, 
Whofe greateft diverfions confided in feats of ac- 
tivity, ftill remains. I went back to Mufelem, and 
being now admitted to a hearing, was received with 
much politenefs. He was fo young that his whiikers 
had but juft begun to grow, and was therefore 
early enough appointed to fuch a confiderable em- 
P oyment. The road to preferment is the fame 
• mongit the Turks as amongft other nations. Merit 
^ ometimes of fervice, but connexions, riches and 
Power beft avail. Kara Ofman Oglou, one of the 
Tn L . r ,f markabIe Perfous at this time under the 
urKPh government, was his father. He had found 
toli S the command over all this part of Na- 
01 a which reaches from Smyrna to Burfa, and had, 
amontrdT Turkifll Emperor made this year 
Point^Mr°? Cer . S ’ prevaiied f0 far as beap- 
in his rn lufe err ( Ma S nefia > where he put his fon 
therm Bp ^ feat hl3 bon-in-huv, who had hi- 
0 beeu m Magnefia, to Smyrna. Himfelf lived 
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