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A T U ja K
IN1 HIS GHALL, OB, SHAWL.
T his is the dress of a Turk, whenever he ventures abroad oft foot:
but, this, among the higher ranks,' is never done in the streets of
''Constantinople. The clokes are generally ornamented with rich
■and valuable furs,and the eMlls, or shawls, are also very richly-
worked. The male dress of the Turks is regulated by sumptuary
laws, and is distinctive of the different classes, but the females are
permitted to wear any sort of ornaments they,choose.
- The Turks of any considerable rank in life consider it as a degra--
dation to be seen walking; and they constantly go about the city
.bn horseback, accompanied-hy .-a* numerous train .of servants on
Tact . Some yety-pomphns: and rich individuals have been known
■ to have 'above an hundred in their train. These are always as
-richly dressed, and as numerous as possible'at any of their feasts,
particularly that of the Beyram.
