Everyday Life In Turkey 1897

Author : W. M. Ramsay
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230455662
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Turkey written by W. M. Ramsay and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter viii. diary of A journey. On Thursday, July loth, we left Smyrna by rail for Ala-Sheher, the ancient Philadelphia, still so named by the Greeks; the terminus of the Smyrna and Kassaba Railway. Our servants and horses were awaiting us there. In the train we fell in with an inspector of the tobacco Regie, an Austrian of Transylvania, who was just setting out on a business tour. Tobacco is one of the products of Turkey that have been monopolised for the benefit of Turkish bondholders, and no tobacco is allowed to be cultivated or manufactured except under the auspices of the Regie. The Regie goes in for quantity, not quality, and the consequence is that the formerly far-famed Turkish tobacco is no longer to be bought for love or money. Nobody is allowed to grow even a little for private use. It is the duty of the Regie to force every one to smoke its own the R&gie 195 wretched stuff, and it is the duty of the inspector to prevent illicit cultivation. Our acquaintance, who is a very pleasant fellow and excellent company, said it cut him to the heart to force people to smoke the Regie tobacco, which he himself found detestable. A good deal of smuggling is done all the same, although little of the fine tobacco gets into the market. While we were talking I thought of a certain out of the way, unsuspected corner of a sunny garden I knew, where our old landlady grows her own tobacco, and smokes the cigarette of peace in spite of the Regie. The inspector stayed with us a night in our first camp at Tepe-keui, an hour from Ala-Sheher, and came with us to Koula, a short ride of four hours, next morning, July i ith. There we parted in the expectation that our paths may cross again in a few days. Koula lies in a most picturesque situation in a...