, 1877-12-29
ADRIANOpIE.
THE STOPPING PLACE BHTwEEN PLHvrA Ard
CONsTANTJNOFLE.


cossfAh1'NoFas.
As'ano s, "rr n,t.,s,s1 e,f -, v,s', he town.
From the konas pfoceeoel 10 S's'' t"e 'oHn'
OF which description may DC necessary, Al It u
rarely included in tue Eastern tour. 'I ol
.s..'4~.tan. t.,,,t hv ,ho E,nner,r Ite,lrtan
ah9oe'a'oas o D ,.s', H.. .ao,,n,, rs,,,nrv
In the flrst halt u tue secohu ee".o3
sought to prove, from t.s position between the
th-oo r,vers-,he arla. The loud{a. md the
.s''. .su 49,. t,a,,x.a - ,ia..,c tinr..,h,t n
Ma,t1a, ~ su1 u.,,, .a.e a,st.,. ,a,x ~ ia.
tias, founded, suYs tue Legend upon the
spot where Orcstcs purified t'imsclf /
after % The murder Of bis inother. Whether
thls be tue exact place ot exp'at'ot OF not ~
tions Of pelasglau origin. Blocks uf granite frut''
Tires to six feet 1oux by three In thickness. |
.t,,, ,,sso,od r5vc. md unr,,t slphtlr.rouulc,l
Will oefe'e" t'ke' 0a a' f e rI.,:.'. ...,
ccntrcs, arc sapcfposeo Ill layers "!'''ou' ''asc
Of cement. Onc piece of wall near tho
t,e1' toe. +, ' tcnrth aSa sixteen feet hIcb, anl
ieet ;" 'cnk1" aua 'I.s'.. ..n, .r".n-,,a. ~.
all a4ong t"u e'sate'' "ns" ~. t',,s.... ..ss
byzantine name of hastro, may be followed t!ie
tilc thnte ,rbfc,, hare described form the base,
s ','us s, ar, r,.,,., -, nv smaller favcr. ri
while aoose ate pae'a 9.us' '."a".. a., .,,.s
Kon1an "o,snlansnp a.. 'e,o hr .hs .n,.,nIuc. o,,
ithc ruins Ut thpae which, without going back
to tho n1most prchIsto5ic DAYS Of the
tS.+,S"s dsfcnjr5 III" trent Caitfal OF the
A5.xstnr K,ngs of Tnrar. infv anterior to tue
+a[1 w f rhii;', ri Maccao,,. Exceot in thc
KsHstrc KSHn ~ Ahst"rnnr hn. lew ANTIQUITIES. Ii,
- tatrn by Sultan Mourad In Tue scar 1870,
aud thS sto1es Of its ancleut etlihtcs wcre
'ng Mg" hauses. in whosr wu,ls my yet be tecu
nea,ss ~ sclim 9IGl IT, Nl,ose incnss dune Is
four let hiehsr than ttiat Of Aya sophia at
.ert"'s '.x f.,,.,mms If nnuountcl Klnan art, in
p.r,l ant{uue. and cipoliu, aud sienna grunite,
sh,. 1 mkt l'ayo been transported tlitccr from
son soi nntest e'n mipotets % to ths buainc, eaci,
With tnrcs galleries, each gallery bviug REACHED
~ - .enaratu stairway, thu pscuiiar1ty
~ ,,.s constr1,ciiou being That these list twist
IT,, nrr,, Fthrr. Thc u,,c lcnl1,lv to the highest
!uH H"rs Ia NJ stns antl fru its ton there IL
.ms"nide"nt view u tic Valley Of tho Martha
md u ~ cty which t. dss.'aea ops Jay - r.;
acttyity. The intcrtorof thc mosque u imposlng.
; anhuuxb larc ~ it is unly oruat.cnted will.
, | iau,ns 0atrtch ears, and rich varpctx, whilv
aioyc cach Ut tts niucty.nInc winduws Ia ill.,
srrIiss1 thu de riJueur Koran verses III g!ldcl
Icst1rs III a brtriit L,uc ground .rhrru nrv ex.
a.sv i'd mosnues III TIC cIty Tut uot,c OF them
I are remarkable for their architectural
fanty IT. nS T. te eouqaslo! UT 81 TIC
: nr,vin2c. whtch Ia older tAau auy Turkish
sdtfcn IN Coustau,luopte, u purely Byxautinc,
aul offers tuose uf those pecultaritics Of Ara.
a art tlAu any to be seen at Cairo or Droussa
Tim baxaaYs are very tue, uluch largcs thai
thnse Vi Constautiuop}e, this principal CALLER,
Geinu WyD paccs iu length, mud fur fl,o1e uric,i
and AiIc1po and bagiad nrr gradually gtylut
Il wsv tn liz rhrn,cr iIportatlons vi plrtuipgta,i
d ap1 MANCHESTER,
j. This most interesting Of all tho ealit7ccs
It ri tiu Sultaps when this was tlls Capital Ut th
UtotnQn Euiirc. it stands at tue distance U
ouartur uf au houris yius f.onl tic tuwn u
n ~. i,snEs III lie Trouda, wliel, IL cfpsscl b
" ta~ ;ws ,n",,,nrntul hriurs1. x lev juxy Zat
j. sisn. wers lu!trrtnv before thu cute
- when fulu uu, aud they offered no upos
)" tinu tu FREQ examination OF this one
10 aimost sayfeI building. The entrance
=. throurh an iukncu.e court. .yarl, nothing, Il
~ Icn,] int Il vast meadow nufrouuleI by xt.cJ
&. s,,nlnrted un wooden pillars, where. lii ta}
=, luz passed, ihe Astatsc lordes pastused tlc
4 the Guard,'t aud coptl lave accommodated .
- isnst lV'HO hoTse,iiet. On thu further sid
xtn"l. thu .i}ntu al Uapptpres, ,n-tAc III,
sM.irt-ths orirt,,al uf thut Sublime Fprtp
which 70 ifraucit mention Is ,t,ado In Osmu,,
In tiocumruts, even III our liu,e. This IL Il
entrnuru proptr to the pa,aee, md Is Ut rcnsar
a. aDjs simplicity, belug without sculpture
.iInrs uf !run oI,eu luio vault
Of nossscc. heyunl which lis vrapdees
II t..s Empire, tllu chiet Of tributary irias
y" aud foreign Anibassatlors were forb1aasutf
uIIis i.ulstcI pavilion Vt ouc cn.!, whc
n. tHr",rt, twn rtIIri grat,u9s Ilu ll.tcpc1
uul1auis aud received iilc petitions oi lid su
,s,.,. srhr ans chutnhcr hi. thu bui]jiur-
!avsii thai it csuii not hAyu acroultuoJat,
,""s,. ti,a,, thrcu pcrsUns ii aus lilpr-uscI
t.,,t"in - Iarrs ,iIyan at unu wincuw 0a II
rfwht' a,o,n which hriConIman,ler vi t1,r Fall
e. III .,,,,n.ncstri win tliu UratI ytx(rr, III
Va .r,sn.r III lie lcft rrsrryctI iur peLftioncl
In s1'h. ws,ls oru tx,yefel with uutntIups uu wn
th - hI,Is ami tlu,xera nnd 1.arln1us If lIuubtf
=. .".1s tnt viii wlu,st, hrililanry eyrI, i
~ in..T ~ mir .rntmri.s han ,u,t dt1n,uisl,r
10 Mrsoud thIs is sc,s,nd tnelos,lre, lrss '.
~. ~, ti"rit. ronrt int stiIi nj ,,msl1e,
~. ~" .ns VII, n,,s"mti.. tnwrr in I
re- n -. .a,,,,,sn1in, III, s,.st"nt tnw: IN
nj, tst,,1 'stninas. al willis mnrnlc lcatis to t
~. s,,nt ~hers IA n hive. Im,Mnis .iIuIasI VIZ
1eA susf n.a.a .,,ni;ar -. vs,t va srrn Il ths
'1a' s"rsi al Sta.nuoul 1t tLu Golden Horn, ut.