Leaflets From the Notebook of an Archaeological Traveler in Asia Minor (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Leaflets From the Notebook of an Archaeological Traveler in Asia Minor There is ever a charm about the quaint unchanging Orient. The traveler soon finds that his heart has been led captive by his romantic surroundings, and the chains which hind him Lo the East become riveted all the more firmly if he deal in ancient lore, if he tread the ground "for the sake of ages," seeking "in the sands of time" for the "footprints" of men that are gone long centuries ago. He may have traveled in the East before; its scenes may all be familiar, but nevertheless he is always charmed anew as the steamer approaches its destined port. Everything around him breathes of poetry and romance; the beturbaned crowd with its brilliant costumes, and the life on the wharfs, in the streets and bazars, are ever new and strange. Nature, too, is so beautiful, the air so sweet, the sun so gorgeous, not "obscurely bright, but one unclouded blaze of living light." The traveler is indeed in a new world, where, strange as it may seem, even the dirt charms, to say nothing of the dogs and the beggars. Outfit and Method of Scientific Travel in Turkey. The first work of the Archaeologist upon arriving in Asia Minor is to complete his outfit. This will be more or less elaborate according to the means at his disposal and the length, of time he proposes to he absent in the interior. There are no hotels in the interior - if I may except the caravansaries in the larger towns; and although one would rarely have to suffer the direst necessities in case he should choose to - travel in sole reliance upon the hospitality of the natives - for the Turks, in common with all semi-civilized nations, have the virtue of hospitality - yet for many reasons the scientific traveler must go prepared to be wholly independent of native hospitality. Owing to the light in which Moslems regard their women, that is, owing to the fact that the women must be secluded as much as possible in the harem, the hospitality offered to the stranger is wholly different from that to which you are accustomed. A man can not invite a guest into his house and entertain him, as we do, at a table presided over by his wife. But every well-to-do Moslem, and in fact many in very moderate circumstances, have a room or rooms sacred to the men. These rooms are called the Selamlik, while that part of the house sacred to the women is the Harem or Hanumlik, as every one knows. A more common name for the Selamlik is Oda, or guest-chamber, and every stranger, be he Moslem, Christian, Jew, bond or free, has the undisputed right to take possession of this Oda without so much as saying "By your leave" to the house-owner. On entering a village the traveler who has to claim the hospitality of the natives asks the first person he meets to point out an Oda. He then proceeds directly to it and Lakes possession. The house owner regards the stranger who thus quarters himself upon him as the owner for the time being of the Oda, and strives as much as possible to place himself in the light of the one obliged. The guest and his whole party are fed from the kitchen of the house-owner. At the meals all cat together, master and servant, Moslem and Christian, sitting cross-legged on the floor around the low circular table. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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