bear-shewer

Updated: May 6, 2025

I have seen the towering turban of the Bashi-bazouk, and his long sword, and some softas in the domes on the great wall of Stamboul, and the beggar, and the street-merchant with large tray of water-melons, sweetmeats, raisins, sherbet, and the bear-shewer, and the Barbary organ, and the night-watchman who evermore cried 'Fire! with his long lantern, two pistols, dirk, and wooden javelin.

M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel - The Purple Cloud