Show turkish icart li traffic ilc tn in slaves slave dealing in constantinople as we know always exists and the abo wife of a pasha is not above the tha wretched business richard davey in his look bock tho the sultan and his subjects says 11 A good deal of turkish traffic in slaves is conducted in m the following manner anner on very well conceived commercial principles the wife of a pasha as a matter of speculation purchases Pur chaFes two or three little girls for a trifle either from a slave dealer or cr some poor woman generally a christian possibly a bulgarian refugee who is unable to bring up her own children the lad lady edn educates eates each child teaches it those accomplishments which aro are indispensable to harem barem life such as Ei singing nging dancing a and playing on musical instruments v washing ashing etli jn in ing ironing embroidery and ca c a a ii c rookery cookery to this may be ba ac 16 attiring artelj att aft elj cring 1 g of some foreign language uld a very elementary of turkish cali graphy when tl ta child is grown up if she is handsome tho the lady turns her to account and liberally repays herself for her trouble by selling her ata at r high figure to some pasha of cf her acquaintance through the medium of one cue of the well krown old women whose business it is to carry cut transactions of that sort |