Identifier: dreamsofyesterda00matt Title: Dreams of yesterdays (in the Orient) Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Matthews, Frances E. Morgan (Frances Elizabeth Morgan), 1842- Subjects: Publisher: New York, Cochrane publishing co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: and we felta little disappointed that the Crown Prince andPrincess of Greece, whom we met several timesdriving in an open carriage, were not strikinglydifferent in appearance from the rest of us. Several funerals were seen, and coffins werecarried open through the streets, a man walkingbehind carrying the lid of the coffin. Our hotel opened on a public square, and there ATHENS, GREECE 33 were many orange trees with fruit, and peppertrees for shade, while a band stand with its sur-rounding seats had a very every-day appearance. Again our anchor was raised and we veryslowly made our way from our position amongthe warships, while our band played the RussianHymn and run up the Russian flag. The Russiansreturned the salute, played a National air, doffedtheir caps as we waved a good-bye, and we weresoon taking a last view of the Acropolis and Par-thenon and of the city whose splendors once out-shone all others; the renowned center of refine-ment, wealth and culture. CHAPTER VIII ON THE SEA Text Appearing After Image: TEAMING northward through the^Egean Sea the weather is grow-ing colder and winter wraps arecomfortable. At the Dardanelles the Turkish quar-antine physician in red fez and fur-lined overcoat comes alongside in a small boatto receive the report of our ships doctor, and itis said that the fees are sometimes large, so aswe very soon passed the great fortifications, sup-pose the size of the tip was satisfactory. We now have changed the name of our directorfrom a guide to a dragoman, and some of themare highly incensed if they are called simply aguide- A dragoman is supposed to be a betterinformed person than a guide. Our dragomantells us that the half dozen Turkish naval vesselslying here are useless, but the forts and batteries 34 OH THE SEA 35 are in good condition, that no foreign naval ves-sel is allowed to pass through the Hellespont atany time, and no vessel of any kind is permittedto enter after dark, by order of the Sultan, whoclosely watches all approaches to his capital. Onthe r Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.