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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 156, 4 July 1877, Page 4

NOTES FROM TURKEY.

4?^^"^Kng tetter has been placed * af m 'disgosal of the Mefbourna Argus l w t r|ttaa.by. a, yoang medical gentletaan nt ..praseot with the Turkish army. ! After J^eeulating on the probabilities I ©f w^P, titewriter, dating from Widdio I HpP9^fiT-"-Wo have a fearful amoant* ! of stckaess acaong thesoidiers, bavine fff^mfM the; various hospital? Jpyphua, typhoid, and dysentry are Jp&WHHL J»« loae numbers of soldiers daily. The* eauae 19 aot far distant ' SS^iS 8 - itf 6h&: Bia, ? le f * crfc th ** '»« I mS^^M** ** $mm nearly ! 4tr,oQO soldieca . ; ia . quarter only i aF ac <«lfi|.gii:t<Nr Jialf that nambar. : Tfcten agaay-thei wat6r is very bad, and tU^^abngry round iibouV for miles is JMs JR.? x^ a 4awa?apy. In twenty-four fepa/i^Mms we could have over 60 000 soldiers, quite a large army in itself , sto* .^suppose' there can-hot be less than" 250,C(^0r 300,000 soldiers at presenr We have only fifteen doctors at ! presdnt^bfQOO skk 'Mb majority bf them are Hungarian Jews. The weather for the iaa t few m.iMfi been very cold, and we have tmi^y good deal of suow. To-day 1 it has been snowing all diy; and the «reeta.«r»-ia*a fearful condition, more Ijfeef dirty gauera than anything c | 8a ihey are alao7?ery Barrow and irregular, annate, generally blockaded with waggons, so that it is very difficult to mtto-rßajMn. them. The Turkish

woman do not often appear in the -streets; I have seen several bf them w&f-otat their veils, as I ; haver' btfpi caßSd ia to treat ehem medically, ''and--! have seen- socaa very" pretty; women. They dye the * nails -of 'their fingers a deep* radj, -and* wear their hair ontiMhert aod hanging dowd fm $Wii ahonlders. I&ilisr cd_oidered~a gigii 6. great he&tily when .tha eyghrows _aee6- ahove the bridge of the -nose, and io order to accomplish this ihey ai-ivd themselves | in that par. t& make the- : hair £row Stronger. They have very little color, ! bat are pasty looking, from the fact j their, faces are never* exposed 'to. the I sun. ";They huve, however ■: very fine I e 7^» They generally dreas in gaudy | colors. Tou will sometimes see a lady in the streets followed by half-a-dozea servants, dressed ia a scarlet gown and e-ioaM, with a bright green parasol. They all wear very wide, loose, trba--Bers, v 'lif_e two sugar-bags sewed together wUh two ro_md holes cat fot" ehe feet, these 'holes or openings being j riohtoJe^Wqidered f with tbe i faraify'is hchY' Oo f ferch'_iVh vIu I went I across to .Kalakt, a Roumanian town, | about two miles, up : the river "on the ! other aide.: ..Therei* fere.'.jSOOO troops I (R6a_danian) there,, and ahont ! for.ty officers. Kajafat is a very. snuaU i town, haviug paly ajjout 3QOQ iohabitanta altogether, _o 'that it is not much to. see,, hut-atill it is a pleasant oon. tfas-j^o^iddin; which although _on- ! does- not giyeso, mjiqh | amasemeot. as K^la^at with/ita 3000/' . .... . . •. ! > *