Ihvonrita rc.sort of parties irom tlio village, who take eoUco and sherbet under tlu; sluido
of a large plane, or ratiier a cluuip of seven of those trees growing iVom one root, com-
memorated in .Us Jardins of Dclille. On every side this line valley is cmlHinked l>y
high and wavy aeclivities covered with verdure ; and on tlie west and north it is enclosed
with the woods of Belgrade, ruimiiftg like a park phuitution to the water’s edge.
(llohhousds Travels in Albania, &c., vol. ii. ]>. 868.)
531. Willis’s garden, on the .shore o f the Hellespont. In a narrow valley in Thrace, about
eight miles Irom the Duvdauelles, Mr. Hobhouse and his party proceeded up the valley
jiloiig a beaten path, by the side of a brook, through a grove of thickset trees, the lulls
im])ondiug ou each side, and Avith their woody summits almost dosing over their heads.
After a short walk, they came in sight of a chi/lih, or country-honso, smTounded hy a
small pleasure-ground, aud gardens, laid out iu tlie Enuik taste, and adorned with clumjis
of trees evidently not natives of tlu; soil. Ou ap])roaching the spot, tlieir surj«-ise was
increased by the sight of u neat building, Avith attaciied ollices, and a court-yard, htted up
witii many o fth e implements and appurtenances of au English farm ; and they were at
a loss to account for so many exotic elegances, imtil they learnt that the placo had been
made by Mr. lliclianl ‘VVilliH, an English gentleman, who, liaving chosen this valley ior
his retreat, piivdiascd the land ; and avIio, hy transporting some fruit-trees aud ornamenial
shnibs IVom England, and employing au English gardener, created ou the shores of tlu;
Hellespont a euuiitry-scat not to be rivalled by any villa ou tlu; banks ot the Thames.
Mr. llohliouse Aviw, hoAvever, fartlier informed, that neither Mr. Willis’s attaeliniciit to
the spot, nor the pains Avhieh he had bestoAvcd upon its emhcllishment, prevented tho
'i’urks, Avho did not choose to have a Erank holder among them, from obliging lum to
part witli his purchase ; and some signs of appvoaehing waste and desolation observed by
Mr. Hobhouse Avero sullieicnt to convinec liim that it liad reverted to a Mahometan
master. (Ibid., vol. ii. ]). 800.) Tlie country-house of the English consul is at Boimahat,
and is distinguished at a distance by a large grove of cypresses. The mansion, hUed np
altogether in tlie English taste, lias au excellent garden aiul vmeyard ati.acliwl to it, and
is inhabited by tho lamily o fth e owner every year, from Ju n e till the end of ideptcmlier.
^^^7h.^\vu;rearc vniiicruus villas on the hanhs o fth e Bo.sphorus, on the Thnichm border
of tlu; strait, and from 'roiihana there is a succession of villages, or rather streets of
wooden houses, skirting tho water’s edge, the intervals bctAvcen which are oeeiipied
Avitli royal palaces and tlieir surrounding (loniaiiis. d’he Bosiihorus receives thirty
rivers, and has fifty valleys. 'Plio hanks arc every wlierc high, and their declivities
above tho (Iwcllings are covered with wood, intcvspcvscd with vineyards and luingiiig
gardens. Beyond the viilage of Eondonklo are the gardens of Dolma Baklehc, or tho
ICiosiiuoof Melons. Many of the serais aud summer-lioiises luvvc ratlicr iautastie uaiiies ;
one is tho Eearl i ’avilion; another, tho Star J ’alaec; and. a third, the Mansion oi_
Ijooking-glasses. Tlio imiierial palace, beyond Dolma _ Baktclio, at the village ol
Jh'sliik-'L'asli, is also a favourite retreat of tlie grand signior. The Avhite iiaiicls,, and
coloured pents vvitii gilded lattices, are, lioAvover, of a character more suitable to every
surrounding ob)e(;t, than the domes and eolonnades which an European taste miglit havo
substituted fur them. (Ibid., ]>. 803.) Behind the point anciently called Heneuni, are
some gardens, at the hack of which is a raised terrace, oversliadowed hy tall A'cnerable
trees and containing two reservoirs of water ahoiit four feet dcej), Avitli a je t playing m
the midst of each. One of these is used as a batli, and is made private by a canvass
screen or curtain. Tiiey avc the rc.mains of the baths of d ustiiiiaii. T'lie grove ol I a_iiar
Baktche.si is one of the many resorts of the Eranks, Greeks, aud Turks of tlie capital.
M i l walks and pnmumadcs. The liiglicr d.issos of females in Coiistaiitiii()]i1e
may ami do walk iu disguise, not only in the Armenian hurying-groiiud, but m the
sloping gardens of Dolma Baktelie, a mile beyond ou tho shore ol the Bosplftorus.
I'heso gardens are freiiuented by many jiarties uf ladies, wlio seat themselves on silken
(uisliioiis and rich carpets, the liiriiiture of their houses, and view the djerid playing m
the Ihit below, or thelumiours of a ,Iewish mountebank under a siircadiug iimllierry tree.
A little boy called a Dolop-oglassi, generaily aeeomiianies them, and plays on. a mandoline,
while they are sipjiiiig their eollce and sherhet, and atteiuling to the gambols ol
thcir infant elilldrcn. (llobhouse’s Travels in Albania, &e., vol, n. p. 848.)
In ih c v a n n , o f HwcH IVa/crx, near KÚU-Uttna, arc Ihe plcnmrc-groumlx and kiosi¡ue o f the xnUan
AcUmcl / / / . , wliicli w<>r<! constructed by ii I'rcnclimnii on tho plim ol tlio giirdons at
v!JsS ill0H 'Hic riv(-r is thoro couvortoil into a sLraiffbt canal, runniuK l)ctwo<-n ayonucs ol tall tr. s
At tho kioH.iuo tho stream runs over two Ílifíhts of inarhlo steps. Near ^ / ¡ . ¿ p w / i , nit
tr.'cs, which is tlio resort of partios IVom I’ora and Constantinoplo. In j l , / L * /?,V,.,i..ilv
taking rclVcshmonts. and amusing tlu-msolvos with tho .low conjurors, Jyc. 1 l>«t U o i ' J
placo thcms.-lvcs in two littlo lattico-work hox.'s h.ult as namasgahs <)r
tl.o sccno with .•ountcnaucoH of iiivlncihio gray ty. Stnngs oi C.naUs 1'
avenues, s.;ts of dancing girls, and horses superbly cuparisoned, add to the h.auty and siugul.inty
■ f . I
llio spocla.do, whieh is to ho soon on any line day in tho valley of tho Kwoct Waters. (Uohhomc'x
‘ri' Ihric.As, aro tlio ruins of a magnHic.mt kiosquo tl.o gardens
o f w h l d . S l r n min. In tho garden belonging to th e 'I'ek eh , or .l.rvise’s .iliapei.on ho mountain
1,0V.;Magia Mr. Ih.l.hous.i was sl..,wn a Ilow.r-hed moro than lirty IV.t long, rimmed ro.md
witli stone an.l having a seulptur.Hl turban at oaeh end, which, alter haying boon ealh.d the tomb ot
Amycus, and th»’ bod of U .rcu l.’s, Is still name.l the Giant’s Grave, {/hal.)
■534. CeMelerhw. 'The Turhish Imrfng-grounds are gemralh/favovrite iilaccs of public
rcHorb fl'hc principal promcnado in tho evening, Ibr the inlialiitants oi .Bern, is a A'ery
cxteiisivc cemetery, whicli .slopes to the iiarbour, is iilanted Avifli noble cyprcs.scs, and is
thickly .set ill many phic.cs Avitii 'J’tirkisli niomimcnts. Tlie oiuileni; lu rk s have tlieir
graves railed in, and often a building over them, iu some of which lights arc kept consta,
nt.lv hurning. 'Phc in.scription ou the headstones is usually a sentence iroifti the K.irmi,
written in letters of gold. The Turks, like the Welsh, adorn the gnive.s ol their Irieiiils by
lilaiitin«-flowers upon them, generally the myrtle, hut sometimes the amaryllis ( fg . I A).).
Tm v ih , &c., p. 201.) Tlio Tio.iiiity of a oomctcry is not ,ii ho cnp.tnl of
Turkov iiiife'oil by uiiy moans disaproeablc, ami no spot is so l.voly ami lycl rro()uonto,l
as tlio Armo.iiiaa ami Knnik Imrylnp'-Krouml, at tlio outskirts iil l.’crn, onllci Mncnmtu,
ov tho tombs. It is sliadoil by a grovo of nmiborry trcos, am .s on tho o,lgo ol soino
Ilia'll « - -r c am d , whence there is a magnificent view oi ilic sulmrh oi Seiitari and a gicat
portimi of the Bos})liorus. (Ilobhov.sc’s 'Travels in Albania, vol. li. p. 837.) J he cemetery
of the ’Parks, at Constantinople, is tiie fashionalilc quarter ol the I ranks, and. the pleasuu;-
<m)un.l o fth e Eevaiitines. I t is tho only place of recreation m Bcra. (Maddens Jnrkeg,
0 204 ) 'Phe Turkish cemeteries are generally out of tlie city, on rising ground planted
with cedars, cypresses, and odoriferous .shrubs, whose deep vcr.lurc and graceful lonns
beii.liim' ill every breeze, give a melancli.ily beauty to the place, and excite sentmienls
very congenial to its destination. (En.stace’s 'Travels, See., \). 7)1:).) .1 lie cemetery ..1
Evul. or'Ayoub, near Constantinople, is crowded with g raves; tho.se avIucIi contain
males havo gcneraliy a turliaii at the head of the flat tombstone, and nearly all iiave
jilants groAving from the eenlrc ol the stone.s ( fg . 171.).
The Moxauc of Ayonh, adj.iining this c.mu’tf'iy, is h.'l.l fio Raci'O.1 tlnU no CliriKtian, on any
wlmt.‘v.‘r is allow./l to uppron.di it. It luk.'s Its nanu; from Ayo.d, or .loh, tlm stiui.laid-h.Mi.^r .,1 th .
nr.mh.’t Mahomot, wlio was kill.'d in G8H at th.' iirst filogo oi (..m,stuntinoi_, 0 by th.-
imaiitiful and ni.-tur.’s.iuo old building in tlm f.ontrc of a marhl.) squnr.’ with a l.mntnm, .iml sun oumh d
V s nmrh tlT.irim which two pla.u’S, .ssp.s-inlly, nn.l a hors.vch.’stmit, .ar.; ol a siz.’ ahnost nicr. <li-
hf.‘. rim hlgh’hills b.'yoml ar., .I'ovcr.'d wltli forest tr.'cs, <;yi»roKScs, aiul t.mihston.'S, ns thi.-k as Huy
.....1 111. Tiliici'd ” C N a r r n iiiH 'o f a Y a cM V o y a g e in. th e M i 'd H c r r a w a n . ) , ^ 1 >
tom7'/h s' tvoi)mSsi,y w/ . rit»h/ gol.l-l.'tt.Tcd iiiscriptums, m.mniful cypresses are tliickly planted. {Ah.\.amUi .s
from its being ontir.-ly hor.ler.al with gar.l.'ii.s .mntaining tlm temhs of
and plants. Tliere were nls.) some r.’gular mausoleums, like those in oLlu.r p,uts ol tlu. < Ity, sh.uhd
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