A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages, Volume 1 · Part 1 · Chapter 8
CHAP. VIII.
Of the great Trading and Dealing of the City of Halepo; as alſo of ſeveral ſorts of their Meats and Drinks, of their Ceremonies, and their peculiar way of ſitting down at Meals.
HAving heretofore treated of the Buildings and Situation of that Excellent Town of Halepo; and of the Cuſtoms, Manners, and Offices of the Turks, as much as I could apprehend of it, I cannot but ſpeak, before I leave it, of the Dealings and Merchandiſings that are daily exerciſed there, which are admirably great. For great Caravans of Pack-Horſes and Aſſes, but more Camels arrive there daily, from all Foreign Countries, viz. from Natolia, Armenia, Aegypt, and India, &c. with Convoys, ſo that the Streets are ſo crouded, that it is hard to paſs by one another. Each of theſe Nations have their peculiar Champ to themſelves, commonly named after their Maſter that built it, viz. Champ Agemi, Champ Waywoda, Champ Abrac, Sibeli, Mahomet's Baſhaw, and which are kept for them, that they may make them their Inns, and live in them, and to keep or ſell their Merchandiſes according to their pleaſure. So among the reſt of the Nations there are French-men and Italians, &c. which have alſo there their peculiar Buildings (which, as is before ſaid, are called Fundiques) wherein ſome live together, and others (chiefly the Italians that are married) live without in Lodgings; they have very ſmall Habitations, and live ſparingly like the Turks. In theſe Champs you meet with ſeveral ſorts of ſtrange Merchandiſes, before all in Champ Agami, where you have all ſorts of Cotton-works, viz. Handkerchiefs, long Fillets, Girdles, which they roll about their Loins and Heads, and other ſorts, by the Arabians called Moſſellini (after the Country Muſſoli, from whence they are brought, which is ſituated in Meſopotamia) by us Muſlin; with theſe do the Turkiſh Gentlemen Cloath themſelves in Summer. There is delicate Tapeſtry, Artificially wrought with all manner of colours, ſuch as are ſometimes brought over by us. From Perſia they bring great quantity of an unknown Manna in Skins, by the name of Trunſchibil, which is gathered from a prickly Shrub, called by the Arabians, Agul and Albagi, which is the reaſon that it is mixt with ſmall Thorns and reddiſh Chaff. This Manna hath Grains ſomething bigger than our Coriander-ſeeds, ſo that, to all appearance, it is very like unto our Manna, which we gather from the Larix. It might alſo very well be taken to be the ſame that the Iſraelites did eat, had not God the Almighty fed his People and maintained them Miraculouſly and Supernaturally. But that it falls upon Thorns, is alſo atteſted by Serapio and Avicen, in thoſe Chapters where they treat of Manna, which they call Theceriabin and Trangibin, and that very learned and experienced Botaniſt Carolus Cluſius ſaith the ſame in his Epitome of Indian Plants. I found ſome of theſe Shrubs that grew about Haleppo, which were about a Cubit high, which ſhout out into ſeveral roundiſh Stalks, and divide and ſpread themſelves from the Stem into ſeveral Sprigs like unto a Flower (part whereof were quite over-grown with Epithymum, as Thymus uſed to be) and had abundance of long thin and ſoft Prickles, from whence grew out fleſh-coloured reddiſh Flowers, that bore ſmall red Cods, very like, and of the ſame ſhape with the Cods of our Scorpioides, (whereof I have found many at Montpelier) wherein are Seeds of the ſame colour. The Root thereof is pretty long, of a brown colour, its leaves long, like unto thoſe of Polygonum, of an Aſh colour; thoſe that grow at the bottom of the Thorns are of a warm and dry Quality. The People uſe the Herb for a Purge, they take a handful thereof and boyl it in Water. Beſides this they have another Manna like unto that, that cometh to us from Calabria by the way of Venice, and is the concreted Saccarine Exudation of the Ornus.
Among the reſt they alſo ſhew coſtly Stones, by the Arabians called Bazaor, which are oblong and roundiſh, and ſmooth without, and of a dark green Colour. The Perſians take theſe from a peculiar ſort of Bucks, and uſe the Powder againſt mortal and poiſonous Diſtempers. There are ſome that are very like unto theſe in Form and Figure, but not to be compared for Goodneſs: Wherefore a Man muſt have great care that he be not cheated. But there are ſome Proofs to know whether they are good or no, which a Merchant communicated to me as infallible. Take Quicklime and mix it in Pouder with a little of this Stone, and with Water make them up into a Paſte, when that is dry grind it, if it then remaineth white it is eſteemed falſe, but if it turns yellow it is good, and brought from Perſia. They alſo bring hither Turkey Stones, that grow almoſt only in their Country, and their King the Sophy has an incredible Treaſure of them together: Lately ſo many of them were brought to us that the Prices fell very much; but when the King heard of this, he immediately forbid that any ſhould be Exported in ſeven years time, that ſo they might come to their former Price again, which ſeven years as I am informed are now expired. There are alſo put to Sale many Chains of delicate Oriental Pearls, which are for the greateſt part taken or found in the Perſian Seas, near to the Iſland called Bahare, ſcituated not far from that great trading City of the Turkiſh Batzora, or Balſara.
From India they bring hither many delicate Spices, Cinnamon, Spicnard, Long Pepper, Turbith, Cardamoms, Nutmegs, Mace, and China Roots, which the Arabians make more uſe of then of Guajacum, and delicate China Cups and Diſhes, Indico: and in very great quantity they bring that noble Root called Rhubarb. And moreover, they ſell ſeveral ſorts of precious Stones, viz. Garnats, Rubies, Balaſios, Saphirs, Diamonds, and the beſt ſincereſt Musk in little Gods. Theſe precious Stones are hid by the Merchants in the great Caravans that come from India, and they bring them ſecretly, becauſe they dare not pay Cuſtom for them, that the Baſhaws, Sangiachs and others, may not rob them of them on the High-ways, for they uſe to do ſo if they find any. I will ceaſe to diſcourſe any longer of theſe and other Drugs, and ſeveral Merchandiſes, which the Merchants convey thither from forreign Places daily, and from thence to other places again, becauſe it is none of my Buſineſs to deal in them. With the Spices are ſometimes by the Merchants brought from the Indies delicate Canes, which are very long, ſolid, or full within, flexible and bright without, of a yellowiſh Colour, they are almoſt every-where alike thick, only a little tapering; but few Joynts, far diſtant from one another, and are hardly ſeen in them. There are two ſorts of them, great and ſmall ones; the great and ſtronger ones are uſed by old and lame People inſtead of Crutches to walk with, but the leſſer (which are very like the former) are made into Arrows and Darts, for which they are very fit, the Turks wind them about with Silk of many ſorts of Colours, which they are very proud of when they make their entries. You find alſo in the Shops another ſort of Canes to be Sold, which are ſmall and hollow within, and ſmooth without, a browniſh red Colour, wherewith Turks, Moors, and the Eaſtern People write, for to write with Gooſe-Quills is not in uſe with them; wherefore theſe may be eſteemed to be the true Syringas or Fiſtularis of Dioſcor: Beſides theſe there is another bigger ſort of Canes, almoſt of the ſame Colour, but full of Joynts; the Pilgrims that go to ſee their Mahomet bring theſe with them from Mecha, and the People of that Country carry them along with them on Horſeback inſtead of ſhort Pikes, chiefly the Arabians, for they are long, ſtrong, and light, and yet ſolid or full within, with theſe they come running on upon their Enemies, or elſe they (lifting it up above the middle in one of their Hands) fling it at them, with ſuch force, that they penetrate deeper with their ſharp Iron, (wherewith they are tipt before and behind) then their Arrows. Theophraſtus maketh peculiar mention of them in his fourth Book and the 11th. Chapter, and Pliny in his Sixteenth Book and the 36th. Chapter.
We ſee very few of theſe in our Country, for the Chriſtians are forbidden under great Penalties to carry any of them (the ſame it is with any other Arms that they make uſe of in their Wars) out of the Country, if any doth and is found out, he expoſes himſelf to infinite Troubles and Dangers, as did happen to one in my time, which after a Scimiter was found about him, was very highly accuſed, and fined Seventy Ducats to be paid in two days time, and if he had not paid it they would certainly have circumciſed him and made him a Turk.
Beſides theſe above-mentioned Champs, there are a great many more without and within the City, where alſo all ſorts of Merchandiſes are Sold, viz. Quibir the Great, Sougier the Little, Gidith the New, Atich, Old, &c. And beſides all theſe they have a great Exchange called Batzar by the Inhabitants, which is in the middle of the Town, and is bigger then Friberg in Bavaria, in it there is many Alleys, and each of them divided for ſeveral Wares and handycraft Trades; firſt the Grocers and Mercers, then thoſe that ſell Tapeſtry and other ſoft Woollen Cloaths, and alſo Turkiſh Machyer, Camlet, Taffety, and other Silks and Cottons delicately wrought. There are alſo good Cardavon, delicate Furrs of Martins, and chiefly Wild Cats, whereof abundance runs about in theſe Countries.
There are alſo Jewellers that ſell all manner of Jewels, precious Stones, Pearls, &c. All ſorts of Handy-craft Tradeſmen, as Shoe-makers, Taylors, Sadlers, Needle and Pin-makers, Painters, Goldſmiths, Braſiers, Lockſmiths, &c. that have their Shops in the Batzars where they work, but their work is chiefly that of the Goldſmiths, Painters, and Lockſmiths, is ſo ſilly, that it is by no means to be compared with ours. There are alſo Turners, Fletchers that make Arrows and Darts, and Bow-makers, that have beſides their Shops ſmall Butts, that any body that goes by may exerciſe himſelf, or try his Bow before he buyeth it. Theſe Bows are ſometimes plain Work, and ſome inlaid with Ivory, Buflers Horns, &c. which maketh them of a differing Price. The Archers wear a Ring upon their right Thumbs, as our Merchants wear their Seals wherewith they draw the String on when they are going to ſhoot, theſe are made of Wood, Horn, or Silver, and ſome are ſet with Precious Stones. Beſides theſe you find in great Batzars ſome Barbar-Surgeons, which, (when they have no body to trim) uſe to go about the Streets with their Inſtruments and a Flask of Lather to look out for Work; if they find any that will be trimed they do not come back to their Shops but go to Work in the Streets, or in the next Champ if any be near, and there begin to Lather him, and ſhave all the Hair of his Head, ſave only one long Lock which he leaves to hang down his Back. There are alſo places where they ſell Slaves of both Sexes, old and young, which are ſold dearer or cheaper, according to their Strength or Handſomeneſs, &c. But in all theſe Countries I ſaw neither Wheel-wright nor Cart-wright, becauſe neither Waggons nor Carts are in uſe with them: Neither could I find (for all it is ſo great a City) a Gunſmith that underſtood how to mend the leaſt fault in a Gun-lock, becauſe there is a great Trade daily driven in theſe Batzars, you ſhall find there at all times of the day a great number of People of ſeveral Nations walking up and down, which makes a Crowd as if you were in a Fair. Amongſt them you will often ſee drunken Turks, which uſe to puſh People that do not give them the way immediately, chiefly if they be Chriſtians; but the Chriſtians are not afraid of them for all that, but prepare themſelves (when they perceive ſome of them to approach among the People) and ſtand upon their Guard to be even with them, and when the Turks come and puſh them, they make them rebound again to one ſide, or to one of the Shop-boards. Sometimes alſo the Turks will lean themſelves backwards againſt the Shops, and when they ſee a Chriſtian go by they let him fall over their Legs, and ſo laugh at them, but then the Chriſtians again when they perceive this, they kick up the other Leg of the Turk whereon he reſts and ſo make him fall down himſelf. For it is uſual with the Turks to try the Chriſtians what Metal they are made of, whether they have Courage or no, wherefore they oftentimes before they are aware of them, aſſault the Chriſtians with rough Words, and if they find them to be affraid they laugh at them to boot, but if they reſiſt them they give over immediately as ſoon as they find them in earneſt (juſt like ſome Dogs that ſooner bark then bite) and eſteem him afterwards the more for it, and call them brave People that are fit for the War.
You find alſo in this Crowd ſeveral that are in Orders, called Sacquatz, (which commonly are Pilgrims that have been at Mecha) that go about with Skins full of Water, and for Charity give to any, nay, even to the Chriſtians that deſire it: (becauſe the Mahumetans are forbid to drink Wine in their Alcoran) Wherefore you ſee many in their peculiar Habits (moved thereunto by Devotion) that go all day long among the People to exerciſe a Work of Love and Charity to thoſe that are thirſty. They have in one hand a fine gilded Cup whereinto they power the Water out of their Skins, wherein they have commonly laid Chalcedonicks, Jaſpirs, &c. Sometimes alſo delicate taſted Fruit, to keep the Water freſh, and to recreate the People. When they give you to Drink out of it they reach you alſo a Looking-glaſs with this Admonition, That you ſhall look your ſelf in it, and remember that you are Mortal and muſt die. For this Service they deſire nothing of you, but if you give them any thing they take it and thank you, and ſpout into your Face and Beard (to ſhew their thankfulneſs) ſome fragrant Water which they have in Glaſſes, in a great Pouch tip'd with many Braſs Claſps. The Turks and Arabians alſo eſteem it to be a great Charity and Love, if they let their Marble Troughs or great Pots that ſtand everywhere about their Doors be filled up with freſh Water every day, that Travellers or any that are dry may quench their Thirſt as they paſs by; in it hang little Kettles to drink out of: If one goes to it, others that ſee him go alſo, and drink rather for Companies ſake then to quench their Thirſt: So you find often a whole Multitude about a Pot. If you have a mind to eat ſomething or to drink other Liquors, there is commonly an open Shop near it, where you ſit down upon the Ground or Carpets and drink together. Among the reſt they have a very good Drink, by them called Chaube, (Coffee) that is almoſt as black as Ink, and very good in illneſs, chiefly that of the Stomach; of this they drink in the Morning early in open places before every body, without any fear or regard out of China Cups, as hot as they can, they put it often to their Lips but drink but little at a time, and let it go round as they ſit. In this ſame Water they take a Fruit called Bunru, which in its Bigneſs, Shape, and Colour, is almoſt like unto a Bay-berry, with two thin Shells ſurrounded, which as they informed me are brought from the Indies; but as theſe in themſelves are, and have within them, two yellowiſh Grains in two diſtinct Cells, and beſides, being they agree in their Virtue, Figure, Looks, and Name, with the Buncho of Avicen, and Bancha of Raſis ad Almans exactly; therefore I take them to be the ſame, until I am better informed by the Learned. This Liquor is very common among them, wherefore there are a great many of them that ſell it, and others that ſell the Berries, everywhere in their Batzars: They eſteem it as highly as we do in our Country Wormwood Wine, or that that is prepared with ſeveral Herbs and Drugs: yet they love Wine better if their Law would allow them to drink it, as we have ſeen in the Reign of the Emperour Selymo, when he gave them leave to drink it, that they met together daily in Drinking-houſes, and drunk to one another, not only two or three Glaſſes of ſtrong Wine not mixed with Water, but four or five of ſuch as came from Venice to them ſo quickly one after another with ſuch eagerneſs, (as I have often ſeen it) that they would not allow themſelves to eat a Morcel or two between it; and ſo as you may eaſily gueſs, they become to be ſordid preſently, and ſo Hoggiſh, that they excel all other Nations in it. But after Selymus was dead, and his Son Amurath ſucceeded him in his right, he immediately forbad them to drink Wine in the very beginning of his Reign, and looked after it with ſuch ſeverity, that any body that did but ſmell of Wine was Impriſoned immediately, put out of his place, and a great Fine put upon him according to his capacity, or for want of it, puniſhed ſeverely with many Blows under his Soals. During this Prohibition it happened, that when the Baſhaw of Halepo had a mind to go abroad and met in the Courtyard one of his men that was Drunk, and perceived it by his ſtaggering, he drew his Scimeter and cut off his Head, and ſo left him dead upon the place. But yet notwithſtanding all this Severity, and be it never ſo peremptorily forbid, they do not only not mind ſuch Prohibition, chiefly the Renegadoes, (being very much uſed to it) but long and linger the ſooner after it with that eagerneſs, that in the Summer time they uſe to carry in privately (juſt like the Ants) great quantities of Wine, and lay up good Stores that they may meet at Night and drink together until they have their Bellies full, and ſo reſt after it all Night that they might not ſmell of Wine the next Day. In that time when they were prohibited to drink Wine we Chriſtians fared very well and bought our Wine very cheap, until afterwards they had leave to drink it again: Their Wines are generally red, very good and pleaſant, they keep it in Skins; they are brought to Halepo from ſeveral places, but chiefly from a famous Town called Niſis, which lieth two days Journey diſtant from it upon the Borders of Armenia: The uſe of Skins is ſtill very great with them as it was in former Ages, as we may ſee by the ſimilitude of Chriſt, when in St. Matthew Chap. 9. Verſ. 17. he ſays, No man put new wine into, &c. Seeing that the Chriſtians have leave to drink Wine, therefore they ſell and buy moſt of it, they alſo plant it, and have whole Villages in their Poſſeſſions, with abundance of Vineyards. But the Turks not being allowed to drink Wine by their Laws do not keep or cultivate many Vineyards, and if they do they preſs the Grapes after ſeveral ways, for ſome they make into Cibebs, chiefly theſe People that live in and about Damaſcus, where indeed the beſt groweth; others boyl the Juice of the Grapes up to the conſiſtence of Honey which they call Pachmatz, chiefly theſe that live at Andeb, a Town between Bir and Niſib. They have two ſorts of this rob, one very thick, and the other ſomewhat thinner, the former is the beſt, wherefore they put it up into little Barrels to ſend into other Countries, the latter they uſe themſelves, mix it ſometimes with Water and give it to drink (inſtead of a Julep) to their Servants, ſometimes they put it into little Cups, to dip their Bread in it, as if it were Honey, and ſo eat it. Beſides theſe they have other ſweet Drinks which they prepare out of red Berries called Jujubes (or of Cibebs, which when boiled in Water with a little Honey the Inhabitants call Haſſap) and others called ſtill by the old name of Berberis, of which they bring great quantities down from Mount Libanus. Among other Liquors they have a ſpecial one called Tſcherbeth, which boiled of Honey taſteth like unto our Mead; they have another made of Barley or Wheat, by the Ancients called Zychus and Curmi: theſe two laſt make the Turks ſo merry and elevated, that as our Clowns do when they drink Beer, they ſing and play on their Hautboys, Cornets, and Kettle Drums (which their Muſicians make uſe of every Morning when the Guards are relieved): All theſe Liquors are ſold in their great Batzars, where they have Baskets full of Ice and Snow all the Summer long, whereof they put ſo much into the Drink that it maketh their Teeth chatter and quake again. Thus much I thought convenient to mention of their Liquors or Drinks.
Concerning their Food, their Bread is nouriſhing and good, and ſo white, chiefly at Halepo, that none is like it in all Turkey: ſo they have ſeveral ſorts of it, of ſeveral ſhapes and mixtures, whereof ſome are done with Yolks of Eggs, ſome mixt with ſeveral ſorts of Seeds, as of Seſamum, Romiſh Coriander, and wild Garden Saffron, which is alſo ſtrowed upon it; Meat is cheap with them and very good, by reaſon of the precious Herbs that grow thereabout, chiefly upon Mount Tauri, which extendeth itſelf very far Eaſtwards, from whence they have abundance of Cattel, as Rams, Weathers, and Sheep with broad and fat Tails, whereof one weigheth ſeveral Pounds. They have alſo great ſtore of Goats which they drive daily in great Numbers through that City to ſell their Milk, which every one that hath a mind to it drinks warm in the open Streets; among them there are ſome that are not very big, but have Ears two foot long, ſo that they hang down to the Ground and hinder them from feeding, when one of them is cut off which is commonly done, they turn themſelves always upon that ſide that the other Ear may not hinder them from feeding. They have no want of Beefes and Bufles, for they are very common there, and the Butchers kill the Beaſts in the Fields without Town, where they have their Slaughter-houſes; thereabout are a great many Dogs that live of the Offels, and have their young ones in Holes and Cliffs where they bring them up, and theſe become ſo Ravenous and Wild, that they run about in the Night after their Prey (as I am informed) like Wolffs in our Country: And this may very well be, for the Turks do not only not kill any Dogs but rather carry them home when they are young, and there feed them till they are grown up and able to ſhift for themſelves, and they believe that they do a deed of Charity that is very acceptable to God Almighty: like unto the Divines in the Indies, called Banians, which ſerve the Birds in the ſame manner as theſe do the Dogs and Cats. Theſe Wolves are more like to our Dogs both in Shape and Bigneſs; and ſo ſays Pliny, that the Wolves in Aegypt are leſs and laſier then theſe towards the North; being there are no Inns in Turkey, where, as with us, Travellers may Lodge and have their Diet, therefore there is a great many Cake-ſhops kept in the Batzars, where all manner of Victuals are cleanly dreſſed, viz. Butchers Meat, Fouls, and all ſorts of Sauces, and Broths, and Soups, where every body buys what he hath a mind to, according to the capacity of his Purſe. Among the reſt nothing is ſo common as Rice, which they boyl up to ſuch a ſtiffneſs, that it crumbleth. A great many other ſorts you ſhall ſee in Copper Baſons, upon their Shop-boards, prepared after the ſame way, amongſt the reſt peculiarly a very common one, called Bnuhourt, made of Barley and Wheat, which were firſt broke on a Mill, and perhaps dryed, and ſo boyled with or without Milk, into a thick Pap. Dioſcorides, in the 83d Chapter of his Second Book, maketh mention of this by the name of Crimnon; and alſo Avicen. and Rhaſas ad Almanſ. in Synonymis, calleth it Sanguick and Savick. The Turks provide themſelves with good ſtore of this, chiefly in War-time, by Water and by Land, that when they want Proviſion, they may make uſe of it inſtead of Bread. Beſides theſe, they have more Diſhes amongſt them: I remember one called Trachan; when it is dreſſed, it is ſo tough, that you may draw it out like Glue; this they make up into little pieces, which being dryed, will keep good a great while, and is very good and pleaſant Food after it is boyled; wherefore they lay up great Stores of this in their ſtrong Fortifications, as we do of Corn, that in caſe of neceſſity they may eat it inſtead of Biſquets, or other Food. That ſuch ſorts of Foods (by the Latiniſts called Pùls) have been very well known to the Ancients, and that in caſe of neceſſity they uſe to make a ſhift with it, Pliny teſtifieth in his Eighteenth Book, and the Eighth Chapter.
They have alſo all manner of Poultry in great plenty, viz. Pullen, Snipes, Partridges with red Bills, Woodcocks, &c. but very few Fiſhes, becauſe they have only a ſmall Rivolet, (which is full of Turtles) ſo that at Halepo they are very ſcarce: Neither do they eſteem them much, becauſe moſt of them drink Water inſtead of Wine (which is prohibited by their Law) wherefore there are but very few brought thither from foreign places, as Antiochia, and the great River Euphrates, &c. diſtant from thence two or three miles. Beſides this, they have little By-diſhes, as Kal, Colliflowers, Carrots, Turneps, French-Beans, Beſides Trees and Codded Fruits, and many more; but yet they are not ſo well skilled in the dreſſing of them, as we are in our Country.
Laſtly, They put alſo up with their Cheeſe, Cibebs, Almonds, dryed Cicers, Piſtachio's, and crack'd Haſel-nuts, which (although they are carried thither from our Country) are better taſted, and pleaſanter than ours. They have many ſorts of Preſerves, very well done with Sugar and Hony; very artificially (chiefly thoſe they carry about to ſell upon Plates very well garniſh'd) made up and ſet out with ſeveral Colours and Shapes very beautiful to behold. For the reſt, they live very ſparingly, and bring the Year round with ſmall and little Expences, for they do not make ſo great Feaſts, nor have ſo many Diſhes, nor beſtow ſo great Coſt as we do in our Country.
In theſe Eaſtern Countries they eat upon the plain Ground, and when it is Dinner-time they ſpread a round piece of Leather, and lay about it Tapeſtry, and ſometimes Cuſhions, whereupon they ſit croſs-leg'd: Before they begin to eat, they ſay Grace firſt, then they eat and drink haſtily, and every one taketh what he has a mind to, and do not talk much. The Rich have fine Cotton-Linnen about their Necks, hanging downwards, or elſe hanging at their Silk-girdles, which they uſe inſtead of Napkins: Their Wives or Women do not eat with them, but keep themſelves in their peculiar Apartments. After they have done, they riſe altogether with a Jerk, ſwinging themſelves about, which our Countrymen cannot eaſily imitate, till after they have been there a long while, for the Limbs are numbed in ſitting croſs-legg'd, ſo that one hath a great deal to do to bring them to themſelves again. At laſt they take up the Leathern Table, with Bread and all, which therefore ſerveth them alſo inſtead of a Table-Cloth and Bread-basket, they draw it together with a String, like a Purſe, and hang it up in the next corner.