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'The city is rich in gardens full chiefly of date palms : the number of crows is incredible , the trees are black with them : they are useful as an alarum , for at dawn their croaking makes it impossible to sleep . The Turks through some superstition will not have them killed . One of our party could not bear with their noise , and with a shot from his arquebus brought down several . This caused us a deal of bother , for all the Turks of the quarter came shouting round our house as if we had done them great wrong , and the consul had some trouble in quieting them , besides having to give them money .' |
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Le Sieur de Stochove Voyage du Sieur de Stochove (1631) |
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In the Turkish Quarter , Nicosia
