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My Russian and Turkish journals (1916) (14756704346)
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Identifier: myrussianturkish00duff (find matches)
Title: My Russian and Turkish journals
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Dufferin and Ava, Harriot Georgina Blackwood, Marchioness of, 1843?-1936
Subjects: Russia -- Description and travel Russia -- Social life and customs Turkey -- Description and travel Turkey -- Social life and customs
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University
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The British Embassy, Therapia, burnt down in 1911. Bugykdere in the distance. - FIRST IMPRESSIONS 129 the evening, and so began to make acquaintance with them. Friday, lyth.—This morning everything looks very lovely. The sun is very bright, and I have opened all my outside wooden shutters, so as to give me the best views everywhere. While things are new tome, I will tell you two or three of the customs of the place. The minute the Ambassador gets into his caique,the flag is hoisted, the consequence being that each time we pass a mail steamer, or a government vessel,or a ship belonging to one of the other Embassies, ahorn blows, or a drum beats, and the Ambassador is saluted, and has to take off his hat in reply. When this happens three or four times in half an hour it becomes rather comic to us who look on, and rather aggravating to D. Then, the cavass who walks before us when we go out is very funny. He has a tremendous swagger,as he goes along, sword in hand, and you may imagine how ver