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    Mto for liis son . The dose was restorative . Mark the consequences . * The success was soon noised abroad , and , to our great dismay , a concourse of invalid * , many of whom were nearly blind , now poured in .

    Here , exalted oh the platform , like a mountebank on a stage , with my medicine chest on one side , and the perplexed countenance of the dragoman Jon the other , I listened for a good hour to a tedious catalogue of human miseries , and distributed pills and potions to the whole multitude . Our guests attended with the solemnity of Eastern sages to

    histories of ' ail the various ills that flesh is heir to , often lilting their hands with a pious exclamation , as bottle after bottle , and box after box came forth ; but their gravity at length gave way , nor could my companion restrain his mirth at the oddity of the scene . 4 Physic , physic , was incessantly demanded—new candidates continually pressed forward—every hand was held out—and every pulse

    must be felt . Those vvho were pronounced in health , persevenngly begged nostrums to protect them against future complaints ; remedies were importunately sought for all the maladies they had ever suffered themselves , or witnessed among their relatives and friends . But , to my unspeakable relief , this ludicrous exhibition was interrupted by a summons from the hareem , to visit and prescribe for the principal wife of our host . '—Ibid . vol . i . p . 289 .

    We extract the following as a description of picturesque costume . We must go back to classical antiquity to find grace and beauty considered as elements of dress ; but the Eastern nations at least succeed in producing richness of effect , and do not aim , as we do , at concealing and even altering the proportions of the human form .

    ' I was much interested by seeing " , for the first time , a lady , the wife of an English resident , but herself a native of Aleppo , attired in the full costume of her country . Her age was something more than forty , she had a handsome expressive countenance , and though not tall , her rich and full drapery had really an imposing effect . Her hair , of a light brown , was arranged in large ringlets round her face , while behind , divided into at least twenty small plaits , it readied her waist . It was ornamented in front with natural flowers : those in the centre of

    her forehead were blue , with a carnation on each side , and the pendulous heads of two double stocks were twined among the ringlets that shaded her face . She wore a turban of purple silk , the whole circumference of which was tastefully decorated with rosettes , and tassel * of small strung pearls , while a large circular ornament of silver , thickly set with diamond a , formed a centre-piece over the crown of her head . A robe of p ink striped muslin fitted closely her shape , and over this was worn a full green silk vest , trimmed with embroidery and gold lace , —' open before , and trailing on the ground . This had large hangfngsleeves , of nearly equal length , trimmed in the same manner , and a Cftthfoere shawl , tied before , served as a girdle to her waist . Pound her neek we * e long string * of pearls and gold chains , and in her bosom a §»» atotigotf e * fe * o Mounted at a brooch . Her slippers were of y * iioWS '> rin *< i inn aattrahgie # oon raisM on a pair of wooden . ctog %

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1835, page 786, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2652/page/30/