The walls were of plaster, and the floor was paved with large slabs of stone.

Chimneys are no more to be found in this country.

I did not see any until my return to Sicily.
I now laid myself down for a couple of hours to get a little rest; for during my journey hither from Constantinople I had scarcely slept at all.
At eleven o'clock the German priest, Father Paul, visited me, in order to explain the domestic arrangements to me.

Dinner is eaten at twelve o'clock, and supper at seven.

At breakfast we get coffee without sugar or milk; for dinner, mutton-broth, a piece of roast kid, pastry prepared with oil or a dish of cucumbers, and, as a concluding course, roast or spiced mutton.