[1] See "Sailing round Constantinople," MIRROR, vol. x. p. 278. Engraving
and Description of the Castle of the Seven Towers, ibid, vol. x.
p. 361. Extent of Constantinople, vol. xi. p. 298. Lines on
Constantinople, vol. xii. p. 58. Taking of the City by the Turks, vol.
xii. p. 274.
[2] For an Engraving and full description of the Mosque of Santa Sophia,
see the MIRROR, vol. ii. p.p. 473, 486.
[3] Mr. Hobhouse has pointed out some remarkable points of similarity
between the funereal customs of the Greeks and those of the Irish; in
particular, the howling lament, the interrogating the corpse, "Why did
you die?" and the wake and feast. "But a more singular resemblance,"
he adds, "is that which is to be remarked between a Mahommedan and an
Irish opinion relative to the same ceremony. When a dead Mussulman is
carried on his plank towards the cemetery, the devout Turk runs from
his house as the procession passes his door, for a short distance
relieves one of the bearers of the body, and then gives up his place
to another, who hastens to perform the same charitable and holy office.
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