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and lighted by ground glass above. At the chap. 
upper end is a raised sudatory and bath for the < »■■ * 
Sultan Mother, concealed by lattice-work from 
the rest of the apartment. Fountains play 
constantly into the floor of this hath, from all 
its sides; and every degree of refined luxury 
has been added to the work, which a people, of 
all others best versed in the ceremonies of 
the hath, have been capable of inventing or 
requiring. 
Leaving the hath, and returning along the chamberof 
1 1 • 1 11 Repose. 
passage by which we came, we entered what 
is called the Chamber of Repose; commanding 
the most extensive view, anywhere afforded 
from this point, of the Seraglio. It forms a 
part of the building well known to strangers, 
from the circumstance of its being supported, 
towards the sea, by twelve columns of that 
beautiful and rare breccia, the verde antico, 
which is extolled by Pliny'. Here the other 
ladies of the Charem entertain themselves, bv Saioonof 
theCVja- 
hearing and seeing comedies, farcical represen- rem. 
tations, dances, and music. We found it to be 
in the state of an old lurtiber-room. Large 
(1) " Pretiosissimi qukleiT) generis, cunctisqnc hilarius." Nnt. Hist. 
lib. xxxvi. c 7. v 
