2 8 A Relation of the Chap.lII. 



untowardly, that when they are brought up to the Table, they appear fo mangled and 

 difordcr'dJ&it it is no cafie matter to diftinguilh the head from the feet. But it is to 

 be obferv'd that the Pilau, and all forts of Fle(h-meat are not ferv d up, but only at 

 Supper, about hve of the Clock in the Evening-, and that in the morning thofe of 

 better Quality cat only Sallets, Herbs, Fruits, and Conferves ', the meaner lore of peo- 

 ple confuting thcmfelves with meats made of Milk, Melons, and Cucumbers, ac- 

 cording to the Seafon. 



As for Filh, the 7//rJy care not much for it, and though the Seas and Rivers are 

 Well replenifhM therewith, yet they fcldom eat of them. It feldom happens alfo,that 

 any Vcnizon or Wild-Fowl comes into their houfes, as being a kind ot meat they do 

 not any way rcliih. But above all meats they have an avertion for the Hare ■■> which 

 tht Turks htvt ^g^fon I made alfo in the Armenians, who are of a perfwafion, that the Female 

 "hfrnrt? j0) of that Creature has its monthly courfes regularly, as the Woman hath. It is caiily 

 perccivable,by what account I have given, that there is no great variety or delicacy in 

 the Turkjfh Entertainments, and that the French 2nd other Europ£ans would not think 

 themfclves well treated thereat. But, however, their Kitchins are kept very neat, they 

 have all the accommodations requiiite for their way of drefling, and whether you con- 

 fider the Difhes and other VefTels they ufe, or the meat it (elf, there is as much clean- 

 Iinefi as can be ex peeled. 



Confirms. The Officers where the Conferves and Sweet-meats are made ( there being fix or 



(even of them) are above the Kitchins, and ferv'd by four hundred Halvagp, who 

 were' eftablifh'd by Sultan Solyman, a magnificent Prince, who alfo regulated all the 

 Offices and Officers of the Seraglio. They are perpetually at work in thofe (even 

 Offices, and there they prepare all ibrts of Conferves, dry and liquid, and fevcral forts 

 of Syrups, as alfo feveral kinds of turcUy which are Fruits preferv'd in Vinegar and 

 Salt, into which, they put a quantity of fragrant Herbs, fuch as Roiemary, Marjo- 

 ram, and Sage. 



In the fame Offices they alfo prepare the ordinary drink of the Turks, which they 

 %ZfJ mf6 ' call Sherbet, and it is made feveral ways. That which is moft common in Turk® comes 

 Sh.rbei. fomewhat near our Lemonade, but there is very little water in it* 'tis in a manner 



all juyce of Lemmon, or Citron, having an intermixture of Sugar, Amber, and Musk. 

 They make another fort of it, which is highly in efteem, and that is made with the 

 water diftuTd from the flower of a Plant, which grows in Pools and Rivers, and has 

 the figure of a Horfe4hooe. Thefe flowers arc yellow, and called Nuloufer. But the 

 Sherbet which they moft efteem, and which is drunk by the Grand Seignor himfelf^ 

 as alfo by the Bafla'sand other Grandees of the Port, is made of Violets and Sugar, 

 and there is but little juyce of Citron put into it. They make alfo another fort of 

 drink, which they call Magion, composed of fevcral Drugs , whereby it is made 

 hot : and there is another fort purpofely prepar'd for the Grand Seignor himfelf^ cal- 

 led Mufcavi, of which he takes a Dofe, when he intends to vifit the Sultanejfes. The 

 principal Perfons about the Court fend for it fecretly to the Halvagibachi, who does 

 not deny them ,' as being a great advantage to him , becaufe he is well paid for 

 it. Nor do they want Snow and Ice, to cool all thofe Liquors, and the Turks are 

 much more humorous and delicate in their drinks, than they are in their Meat. 



Ktaptacles for At a place ten or twelve paces diftant, and oppofite to thefe Offices, is the Recep- 

 the waters of x.i^ or Refervatory, which diflributes all the Waters of the Seraglio, and they are 

 the Seraglio. mence directed to every Quarter, into the places where there is a neceffity of them. 

 One of thcBaltagis has his ftation there all the day long, to give Water as he is di- 

 rected. And when the Grand Seignor palfes from one Quarter to another, the foun- 

 tain of that, where he is in perfon, plays continually during his abode there, by a 

 Signal which is given to the Baltagi. 



rtt rttltsta- ° n the left hand > in tne fame Court ' and °PP oflte t0 tne Kitchins, may be feen 



hits* ' the Grand Seignor's little Stables, which do not hold above twenty five or thirty 



choice Horfes, defign'd for his Exercifes with his Favourites, and above the Stables, 



in great Rooms, they keep the Saddles, Bridles, Houffes, Trappings, Foot-cloaths,and 



Stirrops, 



