PLATE XIII.
A. GREEK WOMA N
O F T H E ISEA NB- -OF MARMORA.
T he dresses of msstjbfthe modern female Greeks, who inhabit the
different , islands of fhg Archipelago, as well as those in the sea of
•Marmora, are f o r ^ r most pash'extremely elegant and becoming.
And the one given, of an inhabitant -of the isle of Marmora, with
her child by her side, is highly picturesque; and shaking, .< ,
The island of Marmora, aecording to Strabo, was known to
the ancients by the name of Proconnesus. The inhabitants are
all of the. Greek,. church; though, for a short time a few years
ago, those of the village of Klassakl professed Islamism, in order to
avoid the capitation tax: but the Turks did not like the experiment;
and, for fear of the example, they doubled the tax, The consequence
was a return to the Greek church. .
