Part I. Travels into the Levant. 27 
CHAP. XX. 
Of Caflumpaftia, Galata^ Pera^ and Tophana. 
H Aving faid enoiigh of ConBaminople^ we muft now pals over to Galdfa, 
which is, as it were the Suburbs of it. G data is feparated from Conflan- 
ttmfle by the Port that is betwixt them \ there are on both fides a great ma- 
ny Caiques and Fermes, which will carry you over for a very fmall matter, and Cdi^ues- 
land you where you have a mind to be j C^/^/zw are fmall Boats, andtheP^r- 
fnesavQ little flight Boats or Wherries, and fotick'lilh, that by leaning more 
to one fide than another, it is an eafie matter to overfet them. You may 
goto Gaiata by land, if you'll fetch acompafs ronnd the Port which is very 
fpacious, having crolTed a little River of frefn water, that difcharges it felf 
into the Harbour -, you go towards Galata^ and by the way you firft find 
the Ocmeidan, or field of Arrows ^ it is a large place where the Turks pradtife 
Archery, and come in procefiion to make their Prayers to God for the profpe- <7fiM«</.«fi 
rity of their Armies, and for whatfoever they ftand in need of: Then you 
come to Cafumpaflia, which feems to be a great Village , there by the water 
fide is the Arfenal, where Gallies, Mdones, and Ships are built ^ it contains 
fixfcore arched Docks or Houfes, where Gallies may be put under Cbver, or 
new ones built. The Ca^oudan BajJja, or Admiral has his lodgings in the capoudan Ba- 
Arfenal, where he commands, and all v^/ho belong to the Sea, depend on him : jha. 
In the fame Arfenal is the Bagnio for the Grand Signiors, R^yçs, which is very 
fpacious •• From thence yoa come to Galata, feparated from Cajfnmpajha only 
by the'burying places that are betwixt them. Galata is a pretty large Town, 
over againft Craftantiaofle^ from which it is feparated by the Port or Harbour ; 
it belonged hererofore to the Genoefe^ and then was pretty confiderable j there 
is ilill a large Tower to be feen in it, which they long held out againft the 
Turks, after they were Mafl:ers of Consiantimf.s ; the Houfes are good and 
well built ; many Greeks live there, and it is the ufual refidence of the Franchj. 
In Galata there are five Monafteries of religious Francks, to wit of the Corde- 
liers, and their Church is called St. Marie ; of the Obfervamines or Conventu- 
al Cor<a?f//frj, and their Church is called St. Francis-^ of the J^-^wi-m, who have 
St. Fffer^ Church ^ of xhtjefrnts, who have St. ^f'wfï'j Church ; and of the C^- 
■pucins, who have the Church oï ^t. George. By the Sea-fide there is the fineft 
Fifh-market in the World, it is a Street with Fifii- mongers fliops on both fides, 
who have fo great quantity of Fifh upon their Stalls, that it would furprife a 
man to fee it • There one may find all forts of frefli Fifh, and at a very cheap 
rate. The Greeks keep many Taverns or Publick Houfes in Galata, which 
draw thither many of the Rabble from Confi amino fie, who are very infolent 
in their drink, and very dangerous to be met with. Going up from Galata. 
you come to Vera, which is likewife feparated from Galata by Burying-placês j 
it is a kind of a Town where Chriftian Ambafl^adors dwell ; only the Ambalfa- 
dors of the Emperor, King of Poland, and Republick of ^^^o;//^z having their 
refidence in Confiantmople. The French Ambafiador is very commodioufly lodged^ 
in Pera, havicg a fair large Palace, which is called the Kings Houfe, and has 
on all hands a good Profpeâ:,looking one way towards the Serraglio of the Grand 
Signior, over againfl: which it ftands upon a higher ground than the Serraglio^ Fe- 
ra lying very high : The Houfes of Pera are handfome, and hardly any body 
lives there but G recks of Quality. From Pera to To-^h^na there is a great defcent j 
andToplj^ïw^î lies upon the Rivers fide over againft the Serraglio: It is called 
Tophana, that is to fay, the Houfe of Cannon, becaufe it is the place where 
Guns, and other Pieces of Artillery arecaft, and that gives the name to all 
that Qiiarter, which is a kind of little Town- The Houfes of Galata, Pera, 
and Topkwa are built in fo good order, that as thefe places ftand, fome higherj, 
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