They are generally surrounded by richly- gilt iron railings, their peaks surmounted by the shining crescent, and forming an arch above a sarcophagus, round which are planted rose-bushes and dwarf cypresses, with ivy and myrtle clinging to their stems.

It would, however, be very erroneous to suppose that the rich alone lie buried here.

The poor man also finds his nook; and frequently we see close by a splendid monument the modest stone which marks the resting-place of the humble Mussulman.
On my return I met the funeral of a poor Turk.

If my attention had not been attracted to the circumstance, I should have passed by without heeding it.

The corpse was rolled in a cloth, fastened at the head and at the feet, and laid on a board which a man carried on his shoulder.