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202 FROM CONSTANTINOPLE, 
CHAP, prancing grey y^raZ^mn horse : he was dressed 
in satin robes, covered with a rich embroidered 
scarlet pelisse. The decorations of his steed 
were, if possible, more costly than those of his 
person ; the housings and saddle-cloths being all of 
rich embroidery, and his broad Turkish stirrups 
gilt and burnished. Next followed the Prince's 
grooms, with led horses; then a suite of officers, 
private secretaries, and interpreters, in sumptu- 
ous dresses, all on horseback ; and after these, 
the bearers of carpets, pipes, coffee-pots, &c. 
The Ambassador's credentials were carried in 
an embroidered porte-feuille, made of scarlet 
leather, wrought with gold thread, after the 
manner in which small pocket-books are some- 
times worked that come from Turhey. Every 
trivial article of convenience or luxury had a 
separate carrier. A silver chalice, containing 
water, was borne by a horseman appointed 
expressly for the purpose, and it was covered 
with a scarlet cloth. To all these was added a 
numerous armed escort, which closed the train. 
In a small embossed case, suspended by embroi- 
dered straps, with gilt studs, passing over his 
shoulders, the Ambassador carried a copy of 
the Koran, beautifully written : this, worn as an 
amulet, hung behind him, over the back part of 
his pelisse. Muruzi (because the Greeks are 
