And to the military amalgamation was also added the picturesque variety of civil dress,--the hybrid character of the neighborhood of Salonica, composed of various races and religions that were mingled together without confusing their individuality.

Files of black tunics and hats with brimless crowns passed through the streets, near the Catholic priests or the rabbis with their long, loose gowns.

In the outskirts might be seen men almost naked, with no other clothing than a sheep-skin tunic, guiding flocks of pigs, just like the shepherds in the Odyssey.
Dervishes, with their aspect of dementia, chanted motionless in a crossway, enveloped in clouds of flies, awaiting the aid of the good believers.
A great part of the population was composed of Israelitish descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal.

The oldest and most conservative were clad just like their remote ancestors with large kaftans striped with striking colors.

The women, when not imitating the European fashions, usually wore a picturesque garment that recalled the Spanish apparel of the Middle Ages.