method of managing them--the buffalo--the Turkish
horses--their veneration for storks--the Turkish
houses--why Europeans so ignorant Of the insides of the
Turkish houses--their gardens--their mosques and hanns.

LET. XXXIII. _Adrianople_.--Lady M's visit to the grand vizier's
lady--her person described, and manner of entertaining
her guest--the victuals, &c.--visit to the kahya's
lady, the fair Fatima--her person, dress, and engaging
behaviour--her waiting-women--the Turkish music.

LET. XXXIV. _Adrianople_.--Description of Adrianople--the exchange--
the principal traders Jews--the Turkish camp--
procession of the grand signior going to command his
troops in person--the manner by which Turkish lovers
shew their affection for their mistresses--description
of sultan Selim's mosque--the seraglio--the young
princes.

LET. XXXV. _From Constantinople_.--Journey from Adrianople--the
little seraglio--the Greek church at Selivrea--singular
lodging of a hogia or schoolmaster--general view of
Pera--Constantinople--their burial places and tombs--
manner of renewing a marriage after a divorce--
unmarried women, why supposed in Turkey to die in a
state of reprobation--this notion compared with the
catholic veneration for celibacy--the Eastern taste for
antiquities.

LET. XXXVI. _From Belgrade Village_.--Lady M's agreeable situation
there--diary of her way of spending the week, compared
with the modish way of spending time.

LET. XXXVII. _Belgrade Village_.--Turkish female slaves described--
voyages to the Levant filled with untruths--balm of
Mecca, its extraordinary effects on the ladies faces--
Turkish ladies great dealers in magic charms, to
command love.

LET. XXXVIII._From Pera of Constantinople_.--Barrenness disgraceful
among the Turkish ladies--often destroy themselves by
quackery on this account--naturally prolific--the
Turkish houses why liable to fire--mildness of the
winter at Constantinople--Turkish punishment for
convicted liars.

LET. XXXIX. _Pera of Constantin