The property of the family, consisting of three brothers, was reckoned at 150,000 pounds.

The master of the house received me at the door, and accompanied me to the reception-room.

He was clad in a large dress of white muslin, over which was wound a magnificent Indian shawl, which extended from the hips to the feet, and made up for the transparency of the muslin.

One end of the shawl was thrown over his shoulder in the most picturesque manner.
The parlour was furnished in the European fashion.

A large hand organ stood in one corner, and in the other a spacious bookcase, with the works of the principal English poets and philosophers; but it struck me that these books were there more for show than use, for the two volumes of Byron's works were turned different ways, while Young's Night Thoughts were stuck between.