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A \ H I M AL, ■
OA COMMON PORTER,
T hese men are veiyhumerousj partieularlyr at Pera,-where! tb iy
are employed in removing'tie ^aposs gaods; and' mereRandjsey
Those, who- are' of Armenian origin, are reckoned - the strongest,
and c a r^ ^ S tó e ö ^ tiPÖglit; sixteen of them; (according to B^Jf
laway) w i t i tRA 'am s in some manner interlaced, will frequently
Oarry up the steep declivity/ fehm the- quay -of .Galata a cask o f
wine ApsS&S immense Weight, suspended b y apole, tin t each person
must support neat threé hundred pounds! The mode, in which
they individually carry, is seen in this plate, and differs'from the
English, who corifin^ the burden entirely to their shoulders,- while
ffïe Turks distributeitbetween the shoulders and the hips. ' •
