They certainly shouted, and pushed, and elbowed each other like an European mob; but no drunken men were to be seen, and it was very seldom that a serious quarrel occurred.

The commonest man, too, would never think of offering an insult to one of the opposite sex.

I should feel no compunction in sending a young girl to this festival, though I should never think of letting her go to the fair held at Vienna on St.Bridget's day.
The people were assembled in vast numbers, and the crowd was very great, yet we could pass every where on our donkeys.
At about three o'clock my servant sought out an elevated place for me, for the great spectacle was soon to come, and the crushing and bustle had already reached their highest pitch.

At length a portly priest could be descried riding along on a splendid horse; before him marched eight or ten dervishes with flags flying, and behind him a number of men, among whom were also many dervishes.

In the midst of the square the procession halted; a few soldiers pushed their way among the people, whom they forced to stand back and leave a road.
Whenever the spectators did not obey quickly, a stick was brought into action, which soon established order in a most satisfactory manner.
The procession now moved on once more, the standard-bearers and dervishes making all kinds of frantic gestures, as though they had just escaped from a madhouse.