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ambassador at Pera, applies equally to all ; for chap. 
there is not the smallest variety to be observed i 
in going from one house to another : the same 
amusement, the same conversation, and the 
same company, are found in every other palace. 
From Pertty casting our reflections towards state of tbe 
° Turkish 
Constantinople (that a few general observations oovem. 
may be introduced, respecting the actual state 
of the country, before we take a final leave of 
it), we find the Turks, whose possessions are the 
objects of this diplomatic hive, living as uncon- 
scious of its existence as if there were not a 
single Foreign Minister at the Porte. Always 
holding the Envoys in utter detestation and 
contempt, and compelling them to submit to the 
meanest degradations whenever an audience is 
granted in Constantinople, the Turks never bestow 
a thouglit upon such persons, after they have 
quitted the city. In the mean time, ** their por- 
tion is prepared ;" and while they remain insen- 
sible of the schemes for their downfall, which 
are daily becoming more mature at Pera, the 
different parts of their vast empire may be said 
to hang together by a cobweb ligature. One of 
their Viziers, about a century ago, Djin Jlli 
Pasha, was for removing all such troublesome 
guests as Foreign Envoys to the Princes Island, 
