cardavia

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At the cry "Uzcoque" the slender active Albanian grasped his fire-lock, with rage and hatred expressed on his bearded countenance: the phlegmatic Turk sprang in unwonted haste from his carpet; his pipe and coffee were neglected, his women and treasures secured in the harem, while he shouted for the Martellossi, and slipping them like dogs from a leash, sent them to the encounter of their foes on the devastated plains of Cardavia.

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844