Gilpin observer., 1913-07-17


Approaching that city from the
Sea of Marmora. one OF the
most beautiful sights | have ever be-
held presented itself, writes CORE
spondent Of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
AS our vessel mosied along past the
Princess islands In the early morning
OF delightful August day. thus per
mitting the city to be gradually un-
folded to our expectant gaze, | stood
and watched the enhancing scene
with pleasure have rarely felt. On
and on we proceeded. each minute
showing some new object for admira
tion. The sky was all aglow and the
morning sun was showering a shining
enulgence upon sea and land.
Afar off to the right on the Asiatic
shores were discernible Mount Olym-
pus. then the little city OF Chalcedon.
following which came the great Turk
ish cemetery. enshrouded in Expresses.
miles in extent and said to be the
largest in the world. and next the city
of Scutari nestled under the great
Mount Bourgerloo. On the European
shore. proud STEAMBOAT. the crowded
I,
with her violent contrast Of palaces
and novels. her exquisite mosques.
churches. bazaars and fountains. lift
ed her lofty head above the waters:
then we passed the Heptapurgon. or
the famous seven towers. in which
Mahomet H. packed his share Of the
swag when he captured the city from
the Greeks in 1853; and presently the
Maiden's Tower came in sight and we
began to notice the flow of the rush
ing waters OF the Bosphorus as they
debouched into the Sea OF Marmora.
Very soon we rounded Seraglio Point
and were disembarking in the Golden
Horn.
Resembles Pittsburgh.
There is no city in which its config-
uration more nearly resembles Pitts
burgh than Constantinpole. The same
great hills everywhere. In Stamboul
we have Pittsburgh proper, while Sou
tari. over in Anatolia. made famous
by its hospital service in the days OF
the Crimean war holds the position of
Allegheny. Pera and Galata, the
abodes OF the Venetian allies of Con
stantine Palaeologue. are Mount Wash.
ington and the Southside. Beautiful
suburbs abound In all directions.
The Golden Horn. the splendid har-
Dor OF the city. is located like the Mo-
the Ohio river. and the Sea of Mar
mora occupies the position OF the AL
legheny river.
The beautiful and romantic strait.
called the Bosphorus, Is swift flow
ing stream. running about five miles
an hour, varying In width from a mile
and half to less than half a mile.
while its length Is IS miles from Ser
aglio Points to the Black sea. The
from the city to the Black sea. stop
ping at Therapia, where the United
States minister resides In summer.
and and Buyakdere on the way. are
most enjoyable and entertaining.
II has been seriously contended that
the Black sea, many ages ago, was a
closed body OF water. and that during
a great earthquake the land was rent
asunder. forming this narrow strait
ine forced its way to the Aegean. Be
this as It may. It is a curious fact that
almost every projection on one side of
the Bosphorns possesses an indenta-
tion OF similar shape on the other
shore. This no doubt is what gave
rise to the supposition. As crossed
the Bosphorus In one OF the frail barks
known to the natives as calque. re-
called what Horace said:
ITO the mad Bospohrus my bark I'll
guide.
And tempt the terrors of Its raging
tide"
The caique is very much like an
indian canoe, and must confess that
had no desire to guide the one
which carried me to Scutari.