Nearly all the women and girls were handsome, with complexions of a dazzling whiteness, which we rarely see equalled in Europe.

The reason of this is, perhaps, that they always stay in their houses, and avoid exposing themselves to the sun and wind.
The following day I visited the abode of the howling dervishes, in whom I took a lively interest since I had seen their brethren at Constantinople.

The hall, or rather the mosque, in which they perform their devotions is very splendid.

I was not allowed here to stand among the men as I had done at Constantinople, but was conducted to a raised gallery, from which I could look down through a grated window.
The style of devotion and excitement of these dervishes is like that I had witnessed at Constantinople, without being quite so wild in its character.

Not one of them sank exhausted, and the screeching and howling were not so loud.