Identifier: triptoorientstor00jacorich (find matches)
Title: A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Jacob, Robert Urie
Subjects: Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, The J. C. Winston co
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE TURKISH STUDENTS WAVED HATS AND FLAGS. of New York, and is known as the Robert College,said the guide. . As our steamer passed the college, the Turkishstudents from roof, windows, and campus waved hats,handkerchiefs, and flags, and cheered energetically,and the tourists waved to them in return. Just beyondthe college we passed an old town surrounded by ancienttowers and time-worn walls. This ancient stronghold, said the guide, was
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(i8i) I«2 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT, known as the Citadel of Europe. The fortress com-manded the Strait and enabled the Sultans of four cen-turies ago to levy toll on all passing vessels. At thisplace, where the Bosporus is only about half a mile wide,the Persian ruler, Darius, with his army crossed on abridge of boats to invade Greece. Here also theCrusaders crossed on their way to free the Holy Landfrom the clutch of the Saracens. The Moltke sailed into the Black Sea merely far enoughto sweep around in a wide circle and then, returningthrough the Bosporus, passed by Constantinople andentered the Sea of Marmora. It seems like parting with a dear old friend, said atourist as we looked back on the fading domes andwaved farewell to mosque and minaret. We have seenso much of the city in so short a time. Every hour hasbeen used to the best advantage in the Turkish capital. Sunday, March first, was not to be a day of rest for thetourists; for the Moltke had arrived at Smyrna at day-light and w

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