NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA, IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, BY EVLIYA EFENDI. TRANSLATED FROM THE TURKISH BY THE RITTER JOSEPH VON HAMMER, F.M.R.A.S., &c. &c. &c. VOL. II. [Illustration: Colophon] LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; SOLD BY WILLIAM H. ALLEN & CO. LEADENHALL STREET. M.DCCC.L. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM NICOL, 60, PALL MALL. CONTENTS. Page JOURNEY TO BRUSSA. Description of the Town and Fortress of Modania 2 Description of the Buildings of Brússa 4 The Public Officers of Brússa ib. Description of the Imperial and other Mosques 6 The Mosque of Khodavendkiár, or Sultán Murád I. 7 The Mosque of Sultán Báyazíd I. ib. The Mosque of Mohammed I. ib. The Mosque of Murád II. the son of Mohammed I. ib. The Mosque of Emír Sultán 8 The Colleges of Brússa ib. The Convents, Imárets, Kháns, Fountains, Mills, and Sebíls of Brússa ib. Praise of the Baths of Brússa 10 Description of the hot spring of Chekirgeh Sultán ib. Description of the sulphurous hot spring (Gogurdlí Kaplíjeh) 11 Description of New Kaplíjeh ib. Description of the Market of Brússa 12 Description of the bridge of Erghándí 13 Description of the Walks and pleasure-places of Brússa 14 A Dissertation on Mountains 15 Description of the Ice-worm 16 Language, Dress, and Manufactures of the Inhabitants of Brússa 17 The Climate of Brússa ib. The Eatables, Beverages and Fruits of Brússa ib.