Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-06-21
PICTURE OF CoNsTANTINOPLE.

climbed the sparkling heights Of Sctitari II
lies on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus,' aud
completes that glorious ampitheatre of ;gsfdcn
aud palace which gives Constant ,nopls the pre-
eminence over any other city in the wor'l--
Above MS were ranges Of light woOtsra build
ings. each girt with its prineyal expresses OF
pines : the natural hill, jatiiag out ia pntcl'cs -
OF rock or vordure at intervals, and whefe rho
situation suggested, occasionally shaped hi's
small squares, ..uddcd with forasa,ns ard
cafes for the rcfreshmcni Of the trxyctaar, WAS
seen bctwe en. This formed The R,ass, q. rias-
s'iaiun oi the pie ure but it was iIehly '6ivc'-
shcd ~ all the other gorgeous aeeompun'a'cn's
oi IN oriental capital. The caravaAscrai, liz,
KIOSK the mosque succeeded sOmcii1 sroT
with its swelling domes. cast like srosd sh'ois
on the woods below, at others wiih tho taR
gliStcning sha Sts of lis miharcts, yisnC iIko =
colnmn ot smoke from a morning. landscape
The whole was Unframed by the ocncte,ics,
which, since ,hc Turks have began TO credit
the prophecy o.! their approaching 'espJ,sion
from Europe, have been suddenly ,pralertej Lr
the more religious part OF tue community, u"
those in thc more Immediate nciglItGIho0d uf
Consia aptnopc. The sleep hero, tits splyNosc,'.
is less likely 10 he dissrie,cd by tho Mt;ScoyIie
vampires, and, as the soil is 'nrqorsisfiahly
Asatlc. canuoi be iacinti-,d in ithc sna{,cu.a.
The situation is admirablc, rnd wcro'i ssn tri-.
cure IN graves, know Of no " lying 4 rho'.lti
| compare 10 the lying in the Genet cries'H Sc,-
tari As we ascendeG tire town the naiurc OF
the ground frequently compelled ns ia i,nli.---
We seized these pa,scs with ayidhy, and at
every opening which the streets afforded, tnru-
cd round TO gaze or the t1hgniceui 6rifime mead-.
ing of the scene below rs. We pi6od on Ito
confines Of Europe and Asin we gnzcd on tmu
great quarters OF the WUld at onee.l Con-i au-.
tnop!e lay before us her Golden Horn. tta,
port of COnstantinoplc,D like a rich gon, ,n-.
chased by the sem -cig-yle OF three great citics
or lake in the midst o! such city az Baby.
Ion, was calm, bright, vnd gorgeous. Onihr
left stretched the deep rcd houses and da,k
gardcrs Of the anceet Byzan,iur;, irontcd hy
the whito fortress palace OF The Sultan I; on the
right rose the stone buildings, aad Europcat
palaces Of Pcra and tsa'ara. A little hiuler
we could count her lnndrcd mosques, und tho
spanning lines OF tbe nfocduct OF u aieas and
the brown rusty tu.yc's cf her triple walls, and.
beyond all, the biacs burn, deserts tof Tirnrc.
stretching oil towSTds hdrianopie, till they
were lost IN the perpc AID duskincss Of ,ha
distance. The Rospliorns courscd below rs.
with the arrowy hce'ncss uf the i,'uc Rhonc.
and was daPpled over VIII tns 'ssils and en-.
signs oi thoussnd nations add colours. TIL.
picture is unrivsiled on edTth'; and The moment
could not DO more "a sordb'e'fo such pieiur,
An Asiatic mcllo~noss hnsn upan cve.y i,inv |:
the air was smooth, and sinnitcronr il sns
noontidc the inhabitants were in their house,.
and the laIy wheel ofthc 'scar,irds rounJ the
lighthouse, or Phanari or'' DE Lady. 4" b,loy.
was all that betokencd the 81. anil change Of
existence. We hung In .f,ehec and odasn,ion
over the sec,io; and seated ourselves Cor E,w
moments On tho edge Dr. fountain Lenesth
some bendwg piuntaitfs, rwhcte yenerabla