PLATE M.
' F I R ST DRAGOMAN.
T h?& class of Dragomen, o r interpreters, is m y nfftnertwas in Tnrkey;
but 'Wette J&rffcfiiktly so in Pera, the great stdttjrfo M CenStaati-
■ nópte, and whtehit almost rivals in beauty as well ds estteht, being
new^ ttvo ;n»tes liö ^ i' These mója 'isÉrë ahsojiaitely necessary for the
ISaöÉaCtions of- all business between foreignefB and Turks. There
t8N» Slsb a certain number, soweömes evetóJ0uAyf>%IWaediii0 thé ®f-
'fiteiC ambassadors, and haWng three become -söëbi they continue
their office ibr life. In -consequence number In Pêra, the
‘êböfuslölr of language 'there Ü iamidvte ï t is astonishing wife
What S0t»e of these Dragomm have acquired and speak six
or seven different languages: • A great number of -those* who live
•at Pera, are. descendants from Thnfitiaass, who fonnMy came In
the trains of the ambassadors from that state.
