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Show aftern Otlll. when we again ailed for 'onstantinople. The Smyrna vi it con firmed the reports that th e city is a commercial center. The streets are narrow and dirty, and twenty- four hours there were quite enough to satisfy our curiosity. The VO) age to Constantinople was exciting hecause the harbor had been mined by the Turki h (;overnmen t in order to keep out the Italian warships: and our c teamer was obliged to lay all night a t the entrance to the Dardanelles awaiting· a boat to pilot us safely among the mines tt> otll- dest ination. During the night a real storm bore clown upon us and wrought great ha\·oc to the chandelier <mel other clecOJ-ations oi the dining saloon: but the morning broke fair and fresh <tncl the pilot boat soon beg·an it ta sk. Exciting? rt certainly was hecau. e we were tn lcl that possibly a mine might have broken i t~ anchor and be just floating around, and should our ship hit it, it would smash the craft. 11ut ' \'en thi s \\'as not the only excitement. i\l ong the shore could he seen iorts that were fully equipped and ready to deal death to tile threa tening Italians should they cndea vor to proceed to Con s tantinople. \\ 'e were indeed within the war zone and this fact \vas deeply impressed upon our minds by seeing the entire Turki~h fleet just inside the Sea of ='-I armora awaiting the command to ''iire." \\ 'c cleared e\·ery danger, survived the excitement, and reached 'on stantinoplc in safety, 1\pril 4th. Constantinople was founded more than 1500 years ago by Constantine. The present site was formerly occupied by the ancient city of nyzantium and by it s o\·ertiJrow the 1\.n:antine Empire pa ssed out of existence. 1 Jere is a great city and interes ting from the time it is seen until its sight fades away. \\ 'hat Rome T':J!iC l~ ighty three |