30 CONSTANTINOPLE. 
CHAP, of the quadrangle into which it looks. The 
■ area below the latticed throne, or the front of 
the stage (according to the idea before pro- 
posed), is set apart for attendants, for the 
dancers, for actors, music, and whatsoever is 
brought into the Charem for the amusement of 
the court. This place is covered with Persian 
mats; but these are removed when the Sultana 
is here, and the richest carpets are then sub- 
stituted in their place. 
Assembly Bevoud the o:reat Chamber of Audience is 
the Assembly Room of the Sultan, when he is in 
the Charem. Here we observed the magnificent 
lustre before mentioned. The Sultan sometimes 
visits this chamber during the winter, to hear 
music, and to amuse himself with his favourites. 
It is surrounded by mirrors. The other orna- 
ments display that strange mixture of magni- 
ficence and wretchedness, which characterize 
all the state-chambers of Turkish grandees. 
Leaving the Assembly Room by the same door 
through which we entered, and continuing along 
the passage, as before, which runs parallel to 
the sea-shore, we at length reached, what 
might be termed the Sanctum Sanctorum of this 
Baths. ' Paphian temple, the Baths of the Sultan Mother 
and the four principal Sultanas. These are small, 
but very elegant, constructed of white marble, 
