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164 CONSTANTINOPLE. 
CHAP, because, in a narrow part of the pavement, he 
had not room to pass. An alarm being given, the 
Janissary, who was at some distance, came to 
the spot, and would have put the offender to 
death, if he had not been prevented ; the Turks, 
who witnessed the assault, sitting in their 
shops, encouraging him so to do. A disguise 
might be adopted, but not without risk, which 
would secure a Christian from all such attacks, 
and from any chance of observation ; and per- 
haps it is a disguise worn sometimes in Con- 
stantinople; namely, the habit worn in the streets 
by Turkish women, disclosing only the eyes. In 
meeting one of the persons so wrapped up, it is 
impossible to distinguish either sex or age ; the 
feet being concealed by a pair of clumsy boots, 
and the whole figure veiled by a thick covering 
of cloth. Nobody presumes to address persons 
so habited, even in the most crowded bazars\ 
This plan might be further aided, if the dis- 
guised person were attended by some woman 
of the country, acquainted with the language. 
(l) The Turkish women are generally, but not always, followed 
each by a female slave, as an attenrlant. If they meet foreigners in 
the dress of Franks, alone, in unfrequented jjlaces, they will some- 
times endeavour, by signs, to excite their regard ; although the 
danger to both parties (if observed to notice each other in the slightest 
manner) is such as few persons would choose to encounter. 
