gold fst with' previous Rones. Over the yeft is a robe, in fum-
mer lined .with ewnine, and in cold .weather with fur. The
head-drefs ,i§ a ikull-cap, réd or greeny with .pearls; a Ray
under the chin, and a yellow forehead-cloth. She has bracel
e t o f gold onjher wrifis ;. and, like Aurora, is rofy-fingered,:
the tips bejbg flained. Her, necklace is a firing o f Zechins, a
Ipefiies , pf gold coin, or o f the pieces called Byzantines. At
her cheeks is a.lock .of hair made to curl toward the» face ; and
down her back falls a profufion o f trefies, fpreading oyer her
fhoulders. Much time is confumed in' combing and braiding
the hair after bathing, and, at the greater fefiivals, in enriching
and powdering R with fmall bits óf filver gilded, refembiinW a
yiplm in fliape, and woven in . at regular difiances.|, She is
panted blue round the eyes; and the infidês o f the fockets,
with the edges on which the laflies grow, are tinged with black.
The Turkifii, ladies wear nearly die fame attire, and ufe fimilar
arts to heighten their natural beauty.
F or colouring the la£hes and focket o f the eye, they throw
incenfc or gum o f Labdanum on fome coals of.fire,: intercept the
frappe, which; afiend s, with a plate, and coRf# tlje Rot. This
I faw applied. A girl, fitting crofsvlegged as nfual,- ,ou
apd.cJnfipg^pne o fh e r eyes, topk th e ‘tWQlaflies.between the
forefinger and thumb of her left hand, pulled thpm,/orwa.rd,.
and-^en thf,uRiqgip* at.the external ^ n e ^ ^ b jd .k i s , which
had^beep immorfed in ,th? foot, and. extracting it again* the
;to it, remained yvithW ;^nd were pre^
rapged, round the* organ,; fcrying. as a foil to its lufire,
befides. contributing, as, they fay, to R s^éaRh,. and Ricrqafing
apparent magnitude. . ,
Tn.p improvement o f the mind, and morals is not confiderect
a§,a aiomentonsrpart pf feqaale educationat Athens.,H Thesgirls
are tapght to,dance, to play.on the Turkiih guittar and th e .
tympanupi or timbrel, and to* embroider, an. art. in: which they
generally ( eycel.j, A wpman ikilled in reading and writing isr
lpoken
fpoken o f as a prodigy,of capacity and teaming. . The mother
o f Ofman. Aga, -a Turk who frequénted our houfe, was of this
rare number, and, as he often told us, fo terrible for her know-
lege, that éven Achmet Aga' heir Rinfman had been'Teen to
tremble, when he received her annual vifit. In common life
the woman waits, on her hufband, and after dreffing the proviii“
bns, whichvhe purchafed, eats perhaps with a female Rave.; the
lately lord feeding alone or in company with men.
C II A P. XXVII,.
om fa mrHm Ê Ê ^ Ê Ê m è S Ë Ê Bees— .Pr'ovt-
— A water-fpout — A n tkn tp ^ rp icfcg -'ééM & te- üimgoj-
I & S m r p k m gfi
T H E territory o f Athens was antiently well peopled; The
dertti pr boroughs' were w number one'hundred* ahdfévénty four ;
fëaftèred; ■ except fome'ConRituting thé dty,iJ-ab^t ^ c ^ n f iy . .
F ré fieö t ïmeès<4 f thém'are found; and fèvëral RrH^eMtt, but
mofilVredhced to-very iltbhfiderable viltógds. ‘^Mtóy'-^róH^aHo
oeeuf^nlLycabettus, at the PkfBUs, in, the
Attica. Some 'are feen in the vineyards and gatdéns' néarly m
their pr-iftine Rate ; a circular rim‘ o f marble,about a'yard high,
fianding bit k fquare pavement; 'addmtea^h^4nfefè|J®^£'^Rte
wreathed flutiögs on the outfide; or plain, with mouldings at
thé’top and bottom; the inner furface deep-worn by the friOTon
o f ropes. The bucket is a kettle, ajar, or the ik r h ,o f aVgöat
or kid difiended ; and clofe by is commonly a trough or hollow
Roney into which they pour water fbr the cattle. The eity-Was
fuppMed with-corn from Sicily and Africa1; and’ the regeer
of the^emperors and kings, its patrons,Iwas difplajredWJtfgeffes
o f wheat and barley to be difiributed,' generally in the Odeum.
A t prefent, Attica is thinly .inhabited, and probably produces«
f A -v g r a n t :