Armenia: A year at Erzeroom, and on the frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia
CHAPTER I.
The "Bad Black Sea."--Coal-field near the Bosporus.--Trebizond from the Sea.--Fish and Turkeys.--The Bazaars.--Coronas.--Ancient Tombs.--Church of St. Sofia.--Preservation of old Manners and Ceremonies.--Toilet of a Person of Distinction.--Russian Loss in 1828-9.--Ancient Prayer.--Varna.--Statistics of Wallachia.--Visit to Abdallah Pasha.--His outward Appearance.--His love of medical Experiments.--Trade of Trebizond Page 17