ople_.--Lady M. brought to bed--
visits the sultana Hafiten--anecdotes of that lady--her
dress--entertainment--story of the sultan's throwing a
handkerchief contradicted--amusements of the seraglio--
the sultana Hafiten's gardens, bed chamber, and
slaves--the Arabian tales, a true representation of
Eastern manners--magnificence of the Turkish harams--
visit to the fair Fatima--the characters of the sultana
Hafiten and Fatima compared--story of Fatima--
magnificence of her habitation.

LET. XL. _Pera_.--Turkish love-letter, with a translation--the
confusion of tongues spoke at Pera--Lady M. in danger
of losing her English.

LET. XLI. --Suburbs of Constantinople--Turkish water-man--
Constantinople, why not easy to be seen by Europeans--
pleasure of rowing down the Bosphorus--view of
Constantinople from the water--the seraglio--Sancta
Sophia--the mosque Of sultan Solyman--of sultana
Valida--the atlerdan--the brazen serpentine column--the
exchange--the bisisten--humanity of the Turks towards
their slaves--the historical pillar fallen down--the
dervises--their devotion and dancing.

LET. XLII. --Mr Hill's account of the sweating pillar, and of the
Turkish ladies, contradicted--manner of living of the
Turkish wives--ceremony of receiving a Turkish bride at
the bagnio--no public cognizance taken of murder--
generally compounded for by money--story of a Christian
lady taken prisoner by a Turkish admiral, who chose to
continue with and marry her ravisher--the Turks great
venerators of truth--the Eastrn manner of adopting
children--account of the Armenians--their strict
observance of fasts--summary view of their religion--
ceremonies at an Armenian marriage.

LET. XLIII. _From Constantinople_.--Observations on the accounts
given by Sir Paul Rycaut and Gemelli--the canal between
Constantinople and Calcedon--the precarious nature of
human grandeur in Turky (sic)--description of the house
of the grand vizier who was killed at Peterwaradin--
moral re