The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-11-03
NO. a.

OF the loot, showed to full advantage delicate
Is turned anclr, through stocking of Melted
eiIll fine as a GossIlncr, whilst their turbans OF
transparent Sanze ornamcnted with ghtterlng
a-rctte and wreath of golden flowers, rather
enhanced than shaded the glossy rnsets which
lowed over a brow as fair as polished marble
Their accomplishments too had not been neg
Icctcd, and | never heard the songs Of Greece
sound enchan;in.y as when hrcathcd by
their sWectly toned voices, accompanied by
guitar TO some Of the native airs vi Britain, and
especially to Mozart's delicious one of" Life let
L, cherish, which seems an universal fayourlte
with the Greeks Their manners seemed 10 be
a combination Of the three classes with whom
they a>sociated--the grace Of tue Italian, the
sprightly yivacity of the Greek and the stately
toulnure of the Oltomans: and a tngc of nc
lancholy cast an universal interest over all three
The dress Of the male portion of the compan,
was European, their national costume being
laid aside, either from choice, or for protection
against the casual insults of the Turks The
son Of our host did not make his appearance,
nor was his name mentioned by any; and IN
fact il was only on third visit that we learned
his tale The cons ersaton during the day pre-
scnted fair specimen Of the varying and ca
mellon like character of the people, taking
tln%c from every topic, and versins in an in
ycre,' whilst every change Of Temperament was
carried TO an extreme Of gaiety or sadness
though the Ioimer general, pre-. ailcd The fc-
males seemed to monopolzc all the melancholy
of the party: continued terror and reiterated
scenes Of horror and Of dread appeared to have
ddmped their natural sprlghtllness they spoke
often Of their awful situation ; in the midst OF an
Infatuated enemy, where the moments of rc ioic-
ing Tor the successes of their countrymen were
those when they had most to dread from the
brutality Of their masters. They knew not the
hour when The caprice Of their governors might
conSign them to the fate Of Scio, which hundreds
of their friends and relatives had already shared.
and when the orders of the Divan and the ygi-
lance of The guards rendered escape from Smyr
ma almost an imposslblty. which nothing but
despair could urge them to attempt, and dctcc
ton in which, without another crime, would IL
self condemn them TO slavery or Slaughter
The intervals in such accounts as these and the
freezing tales with which they illustrated them.
were filled up with amu3cments as lively as then
were depressing, and songs OF music passed the
time till a late hour, when we took our dopar
turc and put off to spend the night in our births
on board
A few evenings before our departure from
Smyrna, We had gone out in a boat after sun
set. to observe curious method Of fishing at
night, practiced by the Smyrniots in the slal-
lows of the bay A small vessel of charcoal and
burning sticks is suspended over the boat, and
by striking the water with hollow stick from
the stern the fish attracted by the light are
driven into the net attached to the boat. In.
deed by the calmncss Of the night, and the M,
merous fires which were floating Oh every side