40 CONSTANTINOPLE. 
CHAP, excited the lauo^hter of the Turks in the neio^h- 
s ..y- ^ bourhood, who seemed much amused with the 
humihating figure presented by the groupe of 
Infidels in the smithy. 
We had not been long in this situation, be- 
fore the Janissaries, with their large felt caps and 
white staves, ranged themselves on each side 
of the street leading to the mosque : forming an 
extensive line of sallow-looking objects, as 
novel to an Englishman's eye as any in the 
Turkish empire. 
About a quarter of an hour before the pro- 
cession began, the Imam, or High-Priest, passed, 
. with his attendants, to the mosque, to receive 
the Sultan. They were in four covered waggons, 
followed by twenty priests on horseback. The 
procession then began ; and continued, accord- 
ing to the order given below \ Afterwards, it 
(l) Procession of the Grand Signior, at the Opening 
of the Bairam. 
1. 
A BosTANGHY*, ou foot, bearing a wand. 
3. 
FourBALTAGiiiES, or Cooks of the Seraglio. 
3. 
Fifteen Za'Im, or Messengers of State. 
4. Thir- 
• The Bostanghies were originally gardeners of the Seraglio, but are now the Sttlttxi 
body guard. Their number amounts to several thousands. 
