TO THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT IL^MIJS. 197 
from Pera, in a cavalcade of seventeen horses ; chap. 
being joined by Signor Franchini, as dragomam ' , ' 
in the Tahtar habit, going to Paris, who added ..pjnieav- 
six horses to our nine; also by the master of the '"s^''^^'-"- 
hotel, J^'ibert, who, with his servant, insisted 
upon seeing us to the end of our first day's 
journey ; adding two more horses to the rest, 
and thus making the number of our cavalcade 
equal to that which we have mentioned. It had 
been said that the Turkish Ambassador would 
not leave Constantinople before noon ; but as we 
were to make a circuit of three hours round the 
extremity of the Bay, it was probable that we 
might fall in with his procession upon the road. 
We had therefore put on our splendid gala dresses, 
and garnished our caps with plumes, that we 
might obey the instructions we had received, 
and do him all the honour in our power. In this 
manner we rode through the streets of Pera, 
being greeted by the inhabitants, who filled the 
windows to witness our departure ; all of whom 
were known to Signor Franchini, and most of 
them to us. The baggage-horses were very 
heavily laden; but they performed their work 
with apparent ease. It was near one o'clock 
p. M. before we had doubled the extremity of 
the Bay. We passed the river Kyat Khdnah at 
the " Sweet Waters,'' and once more beheld all 
