Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigate
LETTER XXXVII.
The Grand Bazaar of Constantinople, and its infinite Variety of Wonders—Silent Shopkeepers—Female Curiosity—Adventure with a Black-Eyed Stranger—The Bezestein—The Stronghold of Orientalism—Picture of a Dragoman—The Kibaub-Shop—A Dinner without Knives, Forks, or Chair—Cistern of the Thousand and One Columns 223