Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-06-01
FoREiG.N CORRESPONDENCE.

you an account of visit while there 10 4 Turkish lila
rem hui M leisure has ever aft rded an oppnr,u.
my and will only lrauscrbe from my journal Of
the DAY, short description # recorded The evening
after my relnrn have finished the third volume OF
NY journal. and fom this extract, you can form some
idea how have kept ii.
/ We went in company with an English lady. who had
resided In Alexandria for six years. We hled car.
rage al very high price, as there more than
two OF three in all Egypt. To these carriages there is
always courier that uns before it, dressed In blue with
red scarf around his body and arar turban his
head. Our friend told us we had better be dressed a la
1iTc. The lady Of the Spanish consul in this city was
so kind as TO lend each Of Turkish costume with
wells, &c. complete You cann1t imagine how strange
| fell habled in This vcsiure. However we wore
our European dresses underneath. Our borrowed gar>
mcn's consisted of Cameion silk rantaletts very wide,
gathered at the ancles and held down by large beau
ul bracelets, Turkish slippers embroidered in the rich
est manner, large black and white veis arranged that
one could see nothing but eyes. Our visit was to
the iarem OF Turk of distinction The Seienora
was the niece of Bey office Of high distinction in
Egypt, with whom friend had been fr some time
acquainted. We arrived al LARGE white
building with la,ticrd windows, through which we
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hgb,ed T., SEE us and regretted could not awarly
CONVERSE with her in her own language, for She very
rakarive and seemed want 10 lave much to say IL us
She asked from What country came. Told he
from America-she did not know where America was
and said she never had heard there was such country
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cypl and the immediate shores oi Europe. ineJ speal
Arabic and Turkish but know not how 10 wre, am
their general information is quite limited. 1hei