In the vicinity of the Market

 'Scala . This place contains the custom-house and is the mart for trade . It consists of a long street , chiefly a bazaar , where common necessaries of life and articles of dress are sold ; is inhabited by Greeks and Turks ; the latter commonly employed in the affairs of the custom-house , the former in trade .'

Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy land, Mount Libanon and Cyprus (1814)