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Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 · John Auldjo — chapter 4 of 19 · ~192 words · public domain

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Cabobs. Rapacity of the Sultan. "Valley of the Sweet Waters" 67

Naval Arsenal. Cemeteries 68

Palace. Turkish Horses 69

Interesting Scene. Beautiful Greek 70

The Erraba. Turkish Ladies 71

Dancing Dervishes 73

Greek Bookseller 76

Mosque of Solimanie 77

Seraskier's Tower. Conflagrations 78

View of Constantinople. Hermitage on Vesuvius. Burnt Pillar 79

Hippodrome 80

The Author in danger of arrest. Anecdote. St. Sophia 81

Visit to the Seraglio. Effects of a Golden Key 82

Coffee Shop in a Plane-tree. Funeral Pomp 83

Costume. Mustapha the Scent Dealer. Beed Caimac. Mahalabé 84

Turkish Printing Office. Anecdote of a Sultana 85

Ibrahim Pasha. Affront offered to the Captain of the Actæon 87

Insolence of the Russians. Military Punishments 88

Sultan's Valley. Buyukdere. Aqueduct 89

Cossack Horses. Russians hated by the Turks 90

Horn Bands. Beautiful Airs 91

Fondness of the Turks for Champagne. A Venetian Story 92

College of Pages. Christian Burying-ground 93

Sultan's Visit to the Mosque 94

Politeness of a Turkish Officer. The successful Shot 95

Namik Pasha. Count Orloff and the Sultan 96

The Procession. Turkish Horses. Appearance and Dress of the Grand Signior 97

His Bacchanalian Propensities. Laughable Anecdote 98

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