Harem, children in the, ii. 48; decorations, ii. 27; husbands in the, ii. 30; imperial, ii. 184; monotonous life of the, ii. 44; of a conservative Turk, ii. 51; of a liberal Turk, ii. 49; peaceful, ii. 44; summer, ii. 203; stormy, ii. 47; visit to a, ii. 43; with several wives, ii. 47. Harpies in palace of Phineas, ii. 294. Haskeui, 113. Hassan d’Olubad, the Janissary, first to scale the walls, ii. 118. Hassan Pasha, kiosk of, ii. 204. Hassin the Mad, 190. Hatti Sherif, signed, ii. 204. Hebdoman quarter, origin of name, 71. Hebrews, 234; degradation, 235; early marriages, 236; filthy habits, 236; laziness, 236. Helena, Empress, founds Church of Holy Apostles, 71. Hera, the gad-flies of, ii. 274. Heraclius, ii. 109. Hercules, the couch of, ii. 291. Hermæon, Mt., ii. 280. Hippodrome, the, now a horse-market, 74; site, 69. Holidays, 198. Holy War, standard of the, ii. 183. Horn, the Golden, 87; name, 18. Horse-tail, significance of the, ii. 176. Hotel, at the, 74; dinner at the, 76. Houses, construction, ii. 96; divisions of Turkish, ii. 29; elegant, ii. 27; plain, ii. 28. Hugo, Victor, ballads of, ii. 10. Humayûn-Habid, kiosk of, ii. 278. Hunkiar Iskelesi, ii. 288, ii. 289. Husbands, intercourse between, and wives, ii. 29. I. Ibrahim, chief eunuch of, 186; death, ii. 180; extravagant acts, ii. 186; grand vizier of, lampooned, 169; love for Armenian slave, ii. 200; tomb, 255. Igiadié, hill of, ii. 279. Ilderim, Bayezid, ii. 279. Illegitimate children, ii. 37. Imperial Gate of Seraglio, ii. 149. Indolence of the Turk, 199. Injir Keui, the fig village, ii. 286. Inkstand of Muhammad II., 178. Inscriptions by Kara Hissari, ii.218; in St. Sophia, 260; of Justinian II. and Sophia, ii. 121; on fountain of Sultan Ahmed, 252; on gate of Muhammad II., 150. Insurrections of the Janissaries, ii. 172. Intellect of the Turk, ii. 265. Io, the heifer, ii. 274. Irene, church of St., 74; founded by Constantine, ii. 152. Isidorus of Miletus, architect of St. Sophia, 271. Islamism and Christianity, differences between, 217; struggle between, 38. Istavros, ii. 274. Italian language, 208; literature, 210; newspapers, 207; population, 207. Italians, the, 207. J. Jami, the mosque proper, ii. 219. Janissaries, Court of the, ii. 151; exterminated by Mahmûd, ii. 234; museum, ii. 232; plane tree, ii. 152; patron saint, ii. 234; revolts of the, ii. 172; scene of massacre of, 71. Janissary, Hassan d’Olubad the, first to scale the walls, ii. 118. Jason, ii. 276. Jewish cemetery, view from the, 116. Jews, the, 234. Joshua, tomb of, ii. 291. Judge, anecdote of a Turkish, 204; village of the, 25.