A Journey through Albania, and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810 . VHW ?>? ???????^? or Hie AKTIIJJKV WJ/* _?*». ?I ?„/,>„. AKSVrVAIj a1 <:OWSTANTI.\(H,1jTK I ? -»r.~:v»<j av,i <?•.•*- LETTER XL1V. 831 At twelve oclock, on Monday the 14th of May, we left theSalsette in the Captains boat, and rowed against the streamuntil we came near Yeni-Kiosk, or the New Kiosk, on the nextpoint of land, where some sturdy fellows, who are always in wait-ing, threw a couple of rope-lines into the boat, and towed us forat l
A Journey through Albania, and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810 . VHW ?>? ???????^? or Hie AKTIIJJKV WJ/* _?*». ?I ?„/,>„. AKSVrVAIj a1 <:OWSTANTI.\(H,1jTK I ? -»r.~:v»<j av,i <?•.•*- LETTER XL1V. 831 At twelve oclock, on Monday the 14th of May, we left theSalsette in the Captains boat, and rowed against the streamuntil we came near Yeni-Kiosk, or the New Kiosk, on the nextpoint of land, where some sturdy fellows, who are always in wait-ing, threw a couple of rope-lines into the boat, and towed us forat least a mile under the walls of the Seraglio. The wind blewstrongly from the north-east, and the current rushing violently-down the Bosporus, we had some difficulty to prevent beingdashed against the rocky projections of the shore. The entranceof the port and the mouth of the straits, which in fine weather iscovered with boats, was whitened with breakers, and showedonly a solitary skiff driving across us towards the sea of Mar-mora. The sensations produced by the state of the weather,and leaving a comfortable cabin, were in unison with the impres-sions which we felt, when, passing under
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