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| Title | Constantinople and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor |
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| Publisher | Fisher, Son, & Co. |
| Date | 1838 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Extent | 92 plates |
| Original Item Location | DR 427 .A44 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1817693~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| Identifier | exotic_201304_011 |
| Title | Page 63 |
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| File Name | exotic_201304_011_262.jpg |
| Transcript | WITH 1 }lllv, ach others SWOfdl, a' loody inent of the assembled ciJ The original barbarians of tie ' as barbarous as themselves) whowers driven from their < and im there. The I urn the ban; j the Emperor Probus, who attempted to instruct them in I of civilized life; but the intractable sv devastated the country ti. in. fa n of \'ahui-, another nation was transported hither. The I ted by the 11 PM, whom repre I unknown and m jes, and skm their ferocity bj ng into Thr uncultivated plains then waste and unproductive. This second imm was per mitted; and t: To thi d population was finally it of tL they CTOS8ed the Hellespont, and I] s adding Oriental of Thra I. The; have even del pean district. The Thracian Turk Turk in a • Hers frequently fall victinis to their tnl should a :• and pr he IS d: DQ the (l ivage dogs, and fired at by the more sai I within. And this repulsive conduct extends equally to their own < « natie or Turkish tr : taken by ni. ntly found dead in th - the inhospitable h d a shelter. Their conduct, in this respect, for kind and hospitable Bulgarians, wh led with the lem population. The general BS f, from the Ball beautiful. Swelling downs, expanded to an interminable di I only h\ Ml. These are | tion, either tillage or LOnally the downs are which form wind; , and - inmc at, till it is gradually lost in the plain.. knolls and eminences highlj tutiful. the llebrus and its tributS I -Inch ris of the 1 continual: ated by theii the plan unceasingly refreshing the thirsty but fertile soil with th. cool, and Urn currents. The climat. bland an | the moment a | passes the mount,, ts influence. He season of the year, leaving behind him a country faded foliage, and having the hand of winter everywhere impressed upon it. lb outhern side, and in s few days finds every thing L lie |