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had large whiskers, and wore turbans ; the rest chap. 
of their clothes consisted only of a short jacket 
and a pair of drawers. As we proceeded from 
the shore, a party of better-dressed natives 
approached ; every one of whom was differently 
habited. One wore a long pelisse, with a high 
Tahtar cap ; another, a large green turban ; a 
third, who was a Greek slave, at every one’s call, 
had upon his head a small scull-cap of red-cloth. 
The heavy-looking Turks, rolling their yellow 
sleepy eyes, and exhaling volumes of smoke 
from their lips, spoke to no one ; seeming to 
think it labour to utter a syllable, or even to 
put one foot before the other. Some few 
murmured out the word Salaam : upon this our 
Captain congratulated us ; adding, “ The welcome 
of a Turk, and the farewell of a Russian, are 
pleasing sounds.” Encouraged by this fa- 
vourable character of the people, we applied to 
one of them for a little brandy, which our crew 
wanted; but were instantly checked by the 
Captain, who asked how we could think of 
asking for brandy from a Turk ; and directed us 
to make our wishes known to the Greek slave in 
a whisper, who would find means to procure it 
from them without offending their prejudices. 
None, however, could be obtained ; tobacco, wood, 
charcoal, and coffee, were all they had at this 
