250 FROM THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H^EMUS, 
CH>p. with castagnettes, and howl to the beating of a 
■ ' ' _' tambourine, for the amusement of the Turks. 
Viewing, beneath a shed, a party of Bulgarians 
who were thus employed, this man passed the 
entire day, smoking, and receiving the visits of 
the other Janissaries belonging to the Embassy ; 
and regaling each man with a little cup of 
coffee upon his arrival. The dance, if it might 
be called by this name, so highly delighted 
these Janissaries, that every now and then we 
heard them crying out to express their joy : it 
was exactly similar to the performances of the 
lowest class oi Almehs in Egypt; that is to say, 
it was nothing more than a series of distortions 
and indecent gestures, exhibited by a single 
performer, who, when exhausted, was relieved 
by another; the whole being adapted to the 
measure of a song, marked by the castagnettes, 
and by the beating of a tambourine. 
Passage of Upou the sixteenth of j4pril we crossed the 
nube. Danube. Upon the opposite side of the river, 
carriages belonging to the Prince of Walachia 
were waiting to convey the Ambassador to 
Buhorest. There was also one for our use, sent 
by our friend Mr. Summerer. The town upon 
the northern or JValachian side of the river. 
