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12. The Wind coming abour at S.wc entred the HeUc- 
fpont^ which maybe about two Leagues and a half over. 
The Cafties built upon »the oppofite points of Land, a- 
bout II or 12 years before, atter the great Defeat given 
the Turk 'tfh Amata. at the Dardanels by the Venetians ; 
Cape Janizary on the Alian fide ; which, with the vhtU- 
urn, makts a tolerable good Bay fcr ordinary Veflels.The 
narrowed Strait of the Hellefpont is at the two other 
Caflles, diftant about fix Leagues, where it may be about 
I of a Mile wide. Thefe the Chrifltans call the Darda^ 
nelli ; at which arefituate the Towns^Seflus and AhyJus^ 
famous in Gr^f^ Poefie. Thefe Caflles we faluted with 
our Guns and Trumpets, as we did the firft : but each, 
whether out of Pride,or out of Covetoufnefsjto fave the 
Grand Signers Powder, returned us no more than x Guns. 
The Wind blowing very fair, we (ailed into the Propontis. 
23.. We pafied by St. Stephanos P oint ^whcre we had a 
full view of the S. £. Angle of ConJlantinopkyWhich being 
fituated upon feveral Hills to a mighty advantage, what 
with the Cyprefs-Trees intermixed, and what with the 
gilded Spires of the /W^yc^j,yielded us a very diverting and 
glorious Profpe(5t. PafiTing by the Seraglio Point, 'w\{\Qh we 
faluted by a difcharge ot feveral Gjuns,in the mid Slnream 
between it and the Tophana, wc came to an Anchor. 
26. On St. 5/^/Ws day the AmbafTador landed at 
Galatay (having before been vifited by the Earl of Win- 
chelfea, and the Merchants refiding there) and was recei- 
ved there by the Chians Ba (ha and the Faivod of Galata^ 
the Janizaries mdChiauJes attending, and was waited 
upon by them to his Palace : and loon after the Kaima- 
cam, or Governor of Conflantinople , ftnt an Officer to 
Complement him upon his Arrival the Grand Signiar 
being then at Larijfa in Thejfaly, 
January 2. The Ambafladors, old and new, went over 
to Conflantinople^ that Morning being afligned by the 
