I noticed many pretty faces among them, but not a single instance of rare or striking beauty.

Fancy large brilliant eyes, pale cheeks, broad faces, and an occasional tendency to corpulence, and you have the ladies' portrait.

Small-pox must still be rather prevalent in these parts, for I saw marks of it on many faces.
The Turkish ladies' costume is not very tasteful.

When they go abroad, they are completely swathed in an upper garment, generally made of dark merino.

In the harem, or in any place where men are not admitted, they doff this garment, and also the white cloth in which they wrap their heads and faces.