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PREFACE. 
tertainment through, the assistance of immo¬ 
rality. 
The author trusts that his work will not be 
condemned because it allows a communication 
of sentiment. 
“ By all those token flowers, that tell 
What words can never speak so well.” 
Byron. 
It is observed by Lady Mary Wortley Mon¬ 
tagu, that in Turkey, you may through the 
assistance of these emblems, either quarrel, 
reproach, or send letters of passion, friend¬ 
ship, or civility, or even news, without ever 
inking your fingers, for she says, there is no 
colour, no weed, no flower, no fruit, herb, nor 
feather, that has not a verse belonging to it. 
When a Turkish lady sends a congratula¬ 
tory message, or a ceremonious invitation, it 
is generally accompanied with some emble- 
