PERA.-RETURN TO CIVILIZATION. 187 was quickly down, our luggage landed without customhouse examination, and we climbing the steep, narrow, rugged streets of Pera to Miserie's English hotel, where we once more found ourselves within the domain of European society and civilization. 188 SUNDAY IN PERA. CHAPTER XXIV. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sunday in Pera.-The Bishop of Gibraltar.-The Bishop of Jerusalem.-The "Sweet Waters of Europe."--Sunday among the Greeks and Armenians. -Dresses of the Women.-The "Sweet Waters of Asia."-Influence of Frank Population on Manners.-Theatre at Pera.-The City.-Bazars.Turkish Ladies Shopping.-The Slave Bazar.-Circassian Slaves.-Condition of Slaves among Mohammedans. Ir was Sabbath morning, and I heard again the sound of church bells, the evidence of the presence of the Western forms of Christianity and of the influence of the Franks. It was my intention to attend the services of the Greek and Armenian Churches, but I learned, upon inquiry, that they were concluded by eight or nine o'clock. I then directed my valet de place to conduct me to the residence of the Rev. Mr. Dwight, one of the American missionaries, in hope of enjoying the privilege of worshipping there; but he led me to the English chapel, where I heard a good sermon from Dr. Tomlinson, bishop of Gibraltar. He was on an episcopal tour along the coast of the Mediterranean as far as Smyrna, conveyed in a government steamer, and accompanied by his chaplain. It is thus the English exhibit their bearing everywhere abroad, making a full impression of their really vast wealth, power, and elevation in the scale of civilized nations. When Dr. Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, went to take possession of his see, he was attended from Beyrout by Colonel Rose, consul-general of Syria, and a company of distinguished persons, thus giving importance and respectability to the appointment and to the man. Yet, singularly enough, |