He answered that he was a Mahometan as he had been a Christian, and that he was not better acquainted with the Koran than he had been with the Gospel.

"I am certain," he added, "that I shall die-calmer and much happier than Prince Eugene.

I have had to say that God is God, and that Mahomet is the prophet.

I have said it, and the Turks care very little whether I believe it or not.

I wear the turban as the soldier wears the uniform.