esome to you than
the others?' said Jones.

"'Oh, yes,' replied the old man, 'the Turks were much more
tolerable to me than the Christians, for they are men of profound
taciturnity, and never disturb a stranger with questions. Now and
then, indeed, they bestow a short curse upon him, or spit in his
face as he walks in the streets, but then they have done with
him.'"

From another passage, we find that ladies are armed with very deadly
weapons. He had said that Love was no more capable of allaying hunger
than a rose is capable of delighting the ear, or a violin of gratifying
the smell, and he gives an instance:--

"Say then, ye graces, you that inhabit the heavenly mansions of
Seraphina's countenance, what were the weapons used to captivate
the heart of Mr. Jones. First, from two lovely blue eyes, whose
bright orbs flashed lightning at their discharge, flew off two
pointed ogles; but, happily for our hero, hit only a vast piece of
beef, which he was then conveying into his plate. The fair warrior
perceived their miscarriage, and immediately from her fair bosom
drew forth a deadly sigh; a sigh, which none could have heard
unmoved, and which was sufficient at once to have swept off a dozen
beaux--so soft, so sweet, so tender, that the insinuating air must
have found its subtle way to the heart of our hero, had it not
luckily been driven from his ears by the coarse bubbling of some
bottled ale which at that time he was pouring forth. Many other
weapons did she essay; but the god of eating (if there be any such
deity) preserved his votary; or, perhaps, the security of Jones may
be accounted for by natural means, for, as love frequently
preserves from the attacks of hunger, so may hunger possibly, in
some cases, defend us against love. No sooner was the cloth
removed, than she again began her operations. First, having planted
her right eye sideways against Mr. Jones, she shot from its corner
a most penetrating glance, which, though great part of its force
was spent before it reached our hero, did not vent itself without
effect. This, the fair one perceiving, hastily withdrew her eyes,
and levelled them downwards as if she was concerned only for what
she had done, though by this means she designed only to draw him
from his guard, and indeed to open his eyes, thr