TO THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H/EMUS. 20: 
servile imitators of the fashions of the Turks) 
wore a similar appendage, but with this diffe- 
rence ; instead of a manuscript of the Koran, his 
little shrine contained an illuminated code of 
the Four Gospels. Presently we overtook the 
Ambassador ; and having been instructed not to 
approach him bareheaded, which is displeasing 
to the Turks, but to put our hands upon our 
breasts, making a slight inclination of the 
body, we addressed him in the usual form ot 
salutation, — " Sabang sair ola, Effendi'!" 
Good morning to you. Sir ! — to which he replied, 
*' Sabang sair olsoun'." May your morning he 
happy ! and then we took our station next to his 
Excellency, observing afterwards the solemn 
silence held by the rest of his attendants. For 
some time, nothing interrupted this stillness but 
the sound of our horses' feet ; until the Ambas- 
sador, dismounting, entered into his arabdh: 
After this, we were joined by Signor Franchini 
and Signor Francopulo. Our conversation with 
this last gentleman began by his offers of service 
upon the road, and by his communicating to us 
the reasons that induced him to undertake so 
(1 ) This is written as it was pronounced. If written correctly, accord- 
ing to our alphabet, it would be, Sabdhenez /cka'ir old. 
(3 According to our alphahat, this would be, Sahdhene% khair olioun. 
