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chap, time to sell ; so, after taking a little of the latter, 
— , — ' we returned on board. 
During the night and the following day, 
Turkish boats continued to sail into the harbour; 
the atmosphere being cloudy and very dark, 
with a strong wind from the south, and a very 
threatening aspect in the sky. Their pilots 
said they came “ to see what the moon would do” 
it being within three days of the change. The 
next day we visited the north-west side of the 
port, near to the coffee-houses. Close to the 
shore appeared the ruin of an antient mole ', a 
part of which is under water; and upon its 
western side, as we passed in the boat, might 
be discerned the shafts of antient columns 4 , lying 
at the bottom of the sea. Having landed, we 
found the Turkish sailors, with all the passengers 
who had arrived in their vessels, seated, as 
before described, around pans of charcoal, 
smoking tobacco. The master of the principal 
coffee-house brought us coffee in little cups, 
without milk or sugar, and made as thick as 
we drink chocolate in England; at least one 
half of each cup being filled with sediment. 
This, our interpreter told us, the Turks regard 
(1) See the Vignette to the next Chapter. 
(2) Ibid. 
