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the windows was so new to us, that we seemed 
to be suddenly transported into another world. 
The Turkish Ambassador, with his suite, had 
entirely filled the principal inn : we therefore 
drove to a second, where we were well treated. 
Having brought with us a letter of recommen- 
dation from the Lady of Baron Herbert, the 
German Internuncio at Constantinople, to Baron 
Bruckenthal, (a venerable nobleman, who had 
been the reputed favourite of Maria Theresa,) we 
presented it soon after our arrival, and were 
invited to spend the whole of the following day 
at his house, and to see his immense collection 
of pictures, antiquities, and natural history. We Baron 
then waited upon the Governor ; and, after thaVs ^"" 
having paid our respects, made our visit to the ^"^^""™- 
Turkish Ambassador, to inquire if we could 
render him any service. We found all the 
Turks collected into one room, busily inspect- 
ing a large dish, containing several pounds 
of fresh butter. It happened that this butter, 
being of a most excellent quality, was of a 
bright yellow colour. This they had never 
seen before : it could not therefore, they argued, 
be good butter, and might be poisonous. Yet 
butter was wanted to prepare their pilau, and 
they had nothing to use as a substitute. In this 
