A kind of confection sold in the streets of the principal towns in Turkey, made of paste, butter, and honey. Footnote 90: An epithet of disdain, bestowed upon Christians in general. Footnote 91: The honour of the Turkish regiments is attached to the preservation of their kettles. Footnote 92: The Turks call the head-quarters of a corps, as well as their posts and guards, hearths, as coffee is always made there. Footnote 93: In the reign of Sultan Selim, the petty governors of Thrace revolted, and committed great disorders, even menacing the neighbourhood of Constantinople. The city of Adrianople took part with them. The new troops were sent against them, but did not obtain so much success as the author is willing to attribute to them. Footnote 94: Men, commonly dervises, who relate stories to amuse people at coffee-houses, and who receive a pecuniary recompense from the auditors. Footnote 95: It also means infidel, but it has the sense of reproach or insult. Footnote 96: This has happened to them at Zenta, Craoul, Rimnik, Hotim, and Aboukir. Footnote 97: Peter the Great. The epithet of mad is in Turkey considered as a compliment to those who distinguish themselves by courage and bravery. Footnote 98: Meaning the Author. Footnote 99: Domouz, and pezevenk in Turkish, are common epithets which mark disdain. Footnote 100: I have seen and conversed with Turkish women in Russia, married to Russian officers who had made them prisoners, and who assured me that they were very highly satisfied with their condition, and felt not the least desire to return to Turkey. Footnote 101: The Turks consider the marriage contract to be so intimately connected with religion, that a man who has committed any grievous infraction of their law, is obliged to renew his profession of faith and marriage ceremony, both of which have been rendered void by it. Footnote 102: The Author. Footnote 103: This is a _jeu de mots_, as Hazinay means in Turkish, both cistern and treasure. Footnote 104: The military and financial regulations of the Sultan Suleÿman are contained in a book entitled Kanuni-Humayoun, or Imperial-Mandate. Footnote 105: The Janissaries can easily alienate their pay, suffering others to draw it in their name by presenting these documents. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Re-indexed footnotes using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.