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Show JE.).T\. S.'\?-1.\RI.\ divided itself into three parts· Stamboul is occupied by the l\ loslems entirely. c;a ]ata i the bu iness se ction and Pera is the European seclion. :\lany l\lo lems have nc,·er put a foot in the Pent sectio n, so biller is their r eli g-ious bigotry. T he Bosphorus 1. crossrcl by two bri clo·es that unite th e Stamboul with the ot her sections of t h e city, and here is t he place to . ee an Oriental view that is ind eed Oriental. This i. in reali ty the h ome of the famous ··Yellow Dog," and just what would he the sanitary condition of the city were it not for these clogs is easily imagined. The peclcll e r is a lso h er e, and peddlers fo r mos t everything. There is the proyi-;ion peclcller, the fi sh peddler, the fruit peddl er, the melon peddler, th e water peddler. the lemonade pedd ler, and many other peddlers. The water peddl er is here becau e Turkey and all the follo\\'ers )[ ::\[ohammecl are ·trictly on "the \\'aler wagon.'' The Hippodrome must not be forgotten. l t is located in the Stamboul sect ion of the city, and is to Con stantinople what the Coli seum is to Rome. ll ere was tl1e chid center of amusement and where the races were enjoyed by thousands in the presence of their g reat kin g . Hut the place is no more, the on ly remains being a small hron;;:e column and an Egyptian obelisk. The bronze column is intere. ting beca use of il. a ssociation. \\'c arc told that it was brought from the Temple of Delphi. in Creece, and that it supported the golden tripod of the Priestess of r\po llo. The obelisk is about 100 feet high and was doubtle. s brought from Egypt fifteen centuries ago. ::\lany other things g reatly in tere sted us in the Turkish 'apital, but nothing Page Eighty-~eve n |