The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-19
By Hon. Wm. JenninEs Bryan. (Copyriahf. 1906, by Joseph n. BowIes --C0DyriEht in Great Brffnin--
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 Vienna. June 3, 06.--It is mpossi- ple to convey to. the reader any ade- quate idea of the beauties of the Bos- phorus at the point where constan- time located the capital of the Byzan- tine temple.
 The best way to approach it is by the sea, and as the traveller usually enters from the west he sails through the Dardenelles. known in ancient times as the Hellespont, passes through the sea of Marmora and en- ters the Bosphorus between Constan- tinople. on the one side and Skutari between fifteen and twenty miles long and very deep It is the connecting link between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora. ana the hiirs that 1ut into 1t on either side are nearly all cog- cred with towns and villas. The wa ter is as clear as the water of lake. and fish may be seen at great dis tance below the surface.
 A ride through the Bosphorus re- minds one of trip up sthe Hudson. al- though the former has the advantage in the depth of the stream, in the transparency of the water, in the height of the banks and the irreg- uiarity of the course. In fact. the channel contains so many curves that one seems to be passing through a succession of lakes.
 A little more than half way be- tween the Sea Of Marmora and the vIack Sea- on the north bank. is Ther- pia. the summer capital. to which he officials repair when the warm leather begins and upon the same ank. about half way between Con- ,antinopie and Therapia, is Roberts tlege. an institution for boys estab- he'd and maintained by American ilanthropy. It occupies a promon- y which overlooks the Bosphorus it's narrowest point the point at ich Mohammed II. crossed over m Asia when, in 1453. he succeed In capturing constantinople.
 The Golden Horn is the name given an arm of the Bosphorus which wing that strait few miles from Sea of Marmora. stretches north .rd five or six miles to receive 9 cam called the Sweet Waters of rope. It may have been that the lden Horn at one time rivaliea the sphorus in beauty, but it does so longer. Full of ships and boats of cry description. from war vessel to noe. and polluted by the sewage of o cities, 1t disappoints as much as Bosphorus delights.
 
 I by the Golden Horn. Stamboul. Sthe kish city lying on the west. and ita and Pera, the foreign quarters. g on the east. Skutari stretches ig the Asiatic side of the Bospho-
 and the navies and merchant ves-
 of all the world could ride in safe- the waters adjacent to these three s.
 the seventh century B. C., col
 of Greeks under the lead of By-
 settled at Cape Bosphorus. now site of StambouI. and in the rise fall of the dynasties of the east las played an important part Be-
 on the boundary line between
 and Europe. and guarding the er communication between the k Sea and the Mediterranean. 1t sesses strategic advantages which sesnen and warriors have been ek to recognize. The Persians all IS wanted it and several times cap ed it.. The Greeks were continual taking it and losing it; Philip of sedon laid seige to 1t and. In so aE, furnished Demosthenes with q me for some of his greatest 1ches There is a tradition that ip would have succeeded in spite the aid by the Athenians but for
 barking of the dogs, which ap- ed the Inhabitants of night as- t. As the dogs were set to bark