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Description : Mediterranean Tour.- Young (Sir Frederick, traveller and writer on Imperial affairs, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Colonial Institute (RCI), married Cecilia, daughter of Thomas Drane, brewer of Torquay, c. 1820-73, 1817-1913) [Tour of Greece, Malta, Turkey & Italy], autograph manuscript, 118pp. excluding blanks, 9pp. of 10 botanical specimens collected from various locations, slightly browned, original straight-grained morocco, rubbed, lacks most of spine, sm. 4to, 29th September 1844 - 4th February 1845. ⁂ Young's itinerary includes: Queen Victoria's yacht at Tilbury, passing Tangiers, Ceuta and Gibraltar, visits Malta, goes ashore at Valletta, visits St. John's Cathedral and Knights Templar Library, lands at Corfu, Olive groves, indolent people, meets Mrs Ward and her son, visit to the Citadel and Messonghi, Greek mainland, Patras, Piraeus, long description of Athens classical antiquities, visit to the field of Marathon, attends the opening of the Chamber of Deputies and saw King Otto (1815-67), visits Syra [Syros], lands in Turkey at Smyrna [Izmir], sees a caravan of camels, bazaars in Smyrna, passes the site of Troy, mentions Lord Byron's swimming the Dardanelles, passes Gallipoli, lands at Constantinople, a most superb City, bazaars, procession of the Sultan [Abdülmecid I, 1823-61) attending Friday prayers, visits the dancing Dervishes, the tomb of Mahmoud II, the Hippodrome, Egyptian obelisk, the Cistern of Constantine, visit to the Royal Armoury and Saint Sophia, slavery in Turkey, travels back to Malta and put in quarantine in the Lazaretto, sails to Italy and lands at Syracuse, visits the catacombs, sails along the coast and visits Catania, Etna, Messina, cooking lunch in the heat of Vesuvius, Naples, description of the ruins of Pompeii, Pozzuoli, and Baiae, Pisa, Genoa, Marseille & Paris. Constantinople: [Dervishes]. On the 9th... I went to see the Dancing Dervishes. The place, where this religious sect exhibits their singular performances is of somewhat spacious dimensions, and of a circular shape. Their costumes... is a high crowned felt hat, in shape like a flower pot, and a coarse kind of woollen cloak of a dark brown, or green hue. Suddenly they each throw off their cloaks... they commence twisting round, and round the room in a kind of waltz. [Slavery]. On our way home, we passed thro' the Slave Market, where the traffic in the sale of human blood is held every morning... . It is a large quadrangular court, with railed platforms ranged round the sides - These were elevated about six, or eight feet from the ground, and parties of slaves are placed in them, previously to being sold, like flocks of sheep - Slavery in the East is not, however, to be regarded in the same light, as elsewhere - Here the slaves are invariably treated most kindly by their masters... .
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