Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigate
LETTER XLII.
The Perfection of Bathing—Pipes—Downy Cushions—Coffee—Rubbing Down—“Circular Justice,” as displayed in the Retribution of Boiled Lobsters—A Deluge of Suds—The Shampoo—Luxurious Helps to the Imagination—A Pedestrian Excursion—Story of an American Tar, burdened with Small Change—-Beauty of the Turkish Children—A Civilised Monster—Glimpse of Sultan Mahmoud in an Ill-Humour 251