74 FROM NEAPOLIS, 
CHAP, of this number, four hundred belong to Greeks, 
II. . 
L ^' ■ sixty to Jews, fifteen to Armenians, and the rest 
to its Turkish inhabitants. There is here 
carried on an inland commerce, in the sale of 
corn, cotton, tobacco, wool, kc. As we passed 
through the streets, we were insulted and 
pelted by the rabble : the Turks calling us 
Djowrs ; and even the Greeks, seeing that we 
were escorted by a Tchohodar, mistook us for 
French prisoners going to Constantinople, and 
reviled us accordingly. In the midst of all this 
tumult, seeing some Greek {GuyumdjT) silver- 
smiths at work, we asked them for (Fai^eref 
TccXccizg) medals; but they hurried us away, 
through fear of the Turks ; promising, however, 
to come to the Khan. In the evening, the 
minarets were illuminated for the Ramadan. 
Being feverish, and troubled with pains in the 
joints, whether owing to bad air or to fatigue, 
we took the advice of our old Tchohodar, and 
followed his example, by going to the public 
bath. " You will come out of it," said he, " as 
supple and refreshed as if you were born 
I'ubiic again." When we came to this place, we only 
wished that some such painter as Hogarth had 
delineated the scene that was here exhibited. 
The interior of the bath was full ; and it might 
have been deemed a cavern of the Furies. We 
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