nct and musical voice is heard throughout
the Cafe. The building directly opposite is another house, of a
similar kind in every respect There are a few small Cafes, more
select as to company, where the Turkish gentlemen often go, form
dinner parties, and spend the day.

Night is the propitious season to visit these places: the glare of
the sun, glancing on the waters, is passed away; the company is
then most numerous, for it is their favourite hour; the lamps,
suspended from the slender pillars, are lighted; the Turks, in the
various and brilliant colours of their costume, crowd the platform,
some standing moveless as the pillars beside them, their long pipe
in their hand--noble specimens of humanity, if intellect breathed
within: some reclining against the rails, others seated in groups,
or solitary as if buried in "lonely thoughts sublime"; while the
rush of the falling waters is sweeter music than that of the pipe
and the guitar, that faintly strive to be heard. The cataract in
the plate is a very fine one; on its foam the moonlight was lovely:
we passed many an hour here on such a night, the clear waters of
the Pharpar, as they rolled on, reflecting each pillar, each
Damascene slowly moving by in his waving garments. The glare of the
lamps mingled strangely with the moonlight, that rested with a soft
and vivid glory on the waters, and fell beneath pillar and roof on
the picturesque groups within.

The slender brass coffee grinders sometimes serve as a combination
utensil in the equipment of the Turkish officer. Frequently they are
made of silver. They might be called collapsible, convertible coffee
kits, as they are made to serve as a combination coffee pot, mill, can,
and cup. The green or roasted beans are kept in the lower section. It
takes but a minute to unscrew the apparatus. To make a cup of coffee,
the beans are dumped out and three or four of them are put in the middle
section. The steel crank is fitted over the squared rod projecting from
the middle section, which revolves, setting in motion the grinding
apparatus inside. The ground coffee falls into the bottom section, and
water is added. The pot is placed on the fire, and the contents brought
to a boil. The coffee pot serves as a cup. The process requires but a
few minutes. The cup is rinsed out, the beans replaced, the utensils put
together, th