Author: James Creagh

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781230370958

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...in their society, without the least troubling myself about their position in the world. Although not yet a year at Mostar, he was already tired of it; and so great was his anxiety for change of scene, that he longed to sell his establishment on any-reasonable terms to whoever would buy it. His Han, or hotel, resembled those establishments so amusingly described in " Don aent1e-'Quixote." The rooms were occupied by men-men, for the most part of really noble presence, with fine manners in every way befitting true gentlemen. The greatest wealth will never ennoble a low-born, or, to speak more correctly, a low-bred person; who, unaccustomed in his impressionable days to that respective treatment which forms his outward demeanour, never learns the "sense of his own "importance" which " teaches him to accost "his equals without levity and his superiors "without awe." My fellow lodgers were Beys, or members of the old Turkish party; they are generally poor, but their wants are few. Their horses, and perhaps not more than a single follower, sleep together in the stable, while the travelling Bey sits on a sofa, made with his saddle bags and a rug; and, after eating some rice or sour bread, sleeps soundly in the vicinity of his arms. My neighbour was an accomplished person, and entertained me with, several nasal songs, which he accompanied on a small guitar. The traveller in these countries gets accustomed to insects, and I paid no attention to the little animals who, even before I went to bed, managed to get into my boots. CHAPTER VII. My Interview With Mustapha Pasha--Turks And Indians--Mostar--Pretty Spot--A Bigamous Host--H1s Interior Economy--H1s Politeness--The Herzegovinian Militia And Yeomanry--Cheap Ladies' School--Departure--Ali Pasha's...