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whence these pleasant retreats have since been more invitingly christened the "Princess' Islands;" and they are now a place of great resort with the holiday-loving Greeks, during the summer months. On the extreme left lies Scutari, with its noble and palace-like barrack and mosque, over which the rock-seated Guz-couli, rising up amid the waters, seems to be standing sentinel; while the narrow stretch of land, running in a direct line into the sea, is occupied by the poor dingy little Greek Town of Cadi Küi, which is built upon the site of the ancient Chalcedon - called, in derision, the "City of the Blind," in contempt for the wretched taste and narrow policy of the Greeks, who founded it several years before they took possession of the superior position occupied by the present capital.

Add to these several and enduring features of the scene, the constant passage of hundreds of swift and arrow-like caiques, of fleets o merchantmen of all lands, of the high-prowed and classical Arabian barks, and, occasionally, the stately ships of war, with their blood-red flag glittering with a silver crescent, gracefully making their way to their moorings off the palace of Beshik-Tash - and the artist will readily be forgiven, though he should have multiplied his memories of so glorious a spectacle.

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PLATE: YENIKEUIJ ON THE BOSPHORUS.

YENIKEUIJ.

Not a soul
But felt a fever of the mad, and play'd
Some tricks of desperation: all
Plung'd in the foaming brine - cry'd
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here!"
                            SHAKESPEARE.

THERE are few prettier villages on the Bosphorus than Yenikeuij, which is situated on the European shore, within two miles of Therapia. The houses, in numerous instances, overhang the sea; and the beating of the waves against the narrow terraces, as the rapid current forces them onward, keeps up a constant murmur, which, in the hot months, is extremely refreshing. The heights above the hamlet are profusely wooded; and many wealthy Armenian Sarafs and Greek merchants have their maisons de plaisance among them.