...must continue his work in the heat of the sun, without permitting himself even a glass of water.— ^1 have seen the boatmen of Constantinople lean on their...— -never met with any one who professed to have seen, — an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast. The moment of...

...themselves even a glass of water. ' I have seen the boatmen of Constantinople,' says Mr. Turner, ' lay on their oars almost fainting under the suffering; but I never saw, never met with any one who affirmed to have seen, an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.'...

...exhaustion and thirst. " I have seen the boatmen," says Mr. Turner, "lean on their oars almost fainting ; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed to have seen, an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast." But at sunset, a...

...draught of water is taken. ' I hive seen/ says one, ' the boatmen lean on their oars almost fainting ; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed to have seen, an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.' But at the sunset...

...exhaustion and thirst. " I have seen the boatmen," says Mr. Turner, "lean on their oars almost fainting ; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed to have seen, an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast." But at sunset, a...

...draught of water is taken. 'I have seen,' says one, 'the boatmen lean on their oars almost fainting; but I never saw, never met with any one who professed to have seen, an instance in which they yielded to the temptation of violating the fast.i But at the sunset...