But in proportion as the outside had looked unpropitious, were we agreeably surprised on entering.

A neat and roomy courtyard, with a basin of pure sparkling water in the midst, surrounded by mulberry-trees, was the first thing we beheld.

Round this courtyard were two stories of clean but simply-furnished rooms.
The fare was good, and we were even regaled with a bottle of excellent wine from the lower regions of Olympus.
May 14th.
Next morning we visited the town and its environs, under the guidance and protection of a kavasse.

The town itself is of great extent, and is reported to contain above 10,000 houses, inhabited exclusively by Turks.

The population of the suburbs, which comprise nearly 4000 houses, is a mixed one of Christians, Jews, Greeks, etc.
The town numbers three hundred and sixty mosques; but the greater portion of them are so insignificant and in such a dilapidated condition, that we scarcely observed them.
Strangers are here permitted to enter the mosques in company of a kavasse.