No. 27, Loukoumi. A kind of sweetmeat made of starch and sugar, which in England they call “Turkish delight.” It is principally made in Constantinople, and in Syra.
No. 28, Caique. A long narrow boat.
No. 29, Touloumi means really a skin-bag; so that “touloumi” cheese is a sort of white Greek cheese, so called because it is transported in bags of skin from place to place.
NOTES FOR “THE FINDING OF THE CAVE.”
No. 1, Missolonghi. A maritime town of central Greece; it is principally celebrated for the part it played in the War of Independence of 1821. It was three times besieged by the Turks, in 1822, 1823, and 1825. In 1822 it resisted successfully against Rechid-Pasha and Omer-Pasha. In 1823 it was fortified on the instance, and by the advice, of Lord Byron (who died there in 1824), and bravely defended by Botzaris; it was besieged by the terrible Omer-Vrioni, and relieved by Mavrocordato. In April, 1825, Rechid-Pasha reappeared with 35,000 men before Missolonghi, which at the time had only 4,000 defenders. Protected by the Turkish fleet, and afterwards helped by Ibrahim Pasha’s army, Rechid-Pasha after a long siege brought the defenders to their last extremity, and rather than fall into the hands of the Turks, they blew themselves up with gun-powder, with their women and children.
The war of 1821 was the war of independence, in which Greece threw off the Turkish yoke.
No. 2, Botzaris or Botzari. One of the greatest heroes of the War of Independence, born in 1788, died in 1823.
Palamas, Pappaloukas, Tricoupis, Razikotsikas, Kapsalis, all brave fighters and defenders of Missolonghi.
“Zamana” is an imaginary name.