He then spoke very fast to my dragoman, who informed me that the Pacha wished me to go with him as far as lower Scutari.
I rose, and plunging my hand into our saddle-bag, produced a bottle of brandy we had brought with us from Scutari.
It was the day on which we crossed the p. 165Bosphorus by steamer to visit Scutari on the Asiatic shore.
The only other places of importance at the present day are Ismid (Nicomedia) and Scutari.
The hotel was full, because a Pasha from Scutari had arrived with his three wives, and all their families.
