Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &C

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Our party, in leaving Larissa, was further in creased by a Dervish travelling to Salonica, and by another Turk who was taking the same route. The Dervish belonged, as I believe, to the class of these religieuw called the Bektashis: his dress was that most common among the Dervishes, - a long cloke made of coarse white woollen, and on his head a tall white cap, in form nearly resembling that worn by the Tartars. His beard was of te markable length: though sanctified by his chap racter, he wore pistols in his girdle while over his shoulders was suspended a long leathern case con taining the musical instrument called a mandolin, which we afterwards found to be a most important part of his travelling equipage. Though his terior had something of uncouth wildness, his manner was gay, good-humoured, and civil; he seemed to court an intercourse with us, and sought to beguile the way by the chaunting of Turkish songs, a species of music which more engaged the ear by loudness than by harmony.