Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

VISIT TO LONDON. 57
partly
on account of the eastern dress in
which Ahmed Fetij Pasha appeared, and
partly
because of that undefined idea of
romance which exists in the popular mind in
connection with the crescent and the rising
sun, the emblems of Turkish power.
" The carriage was of a rich lake colour,
with the emblems which Peter Parley has
just mentioned richly emblazoned on the
panels. Inside it was lined with crimson
and yellow silk, in rich festoons; the hammercloth
blue, with gold and scarlet hangings,
the centre of scarlet velvet with the
rising sun and crescent in diamonds.
" The only other ambassador's carriage
which Peter Parley shall notice is that of