_When this Impression was almost finished, a learned Gentleman of the University of_ Oxon, _to whom my best Acknowledgments are due, communicated to me a valuable Passage, relating to the Statues of_ Constantinople, _demolished by the_ Romans, _which he transcribed from the Second Book of_ Nicetas Choniat, _a_ MS. _in the_ Bodl. Lib. _I have added a Translation of it by way of_ Appendix; _and I presume that the Reader will look upon it as a curious and an agreeable Entertainment_. [Illustration: Page Decoration] [Illustration: Page Header Decoration] CONTENTS. _The Preface of the Author, describing the Situation of_ Constantinople, _the Conveniencies of its Port, and the Commodities in which it abounds_, Page 1 [Illustration: Page Decoration] BOOK I. CHAP. I. _Of the Founders of_ Byzantium, _and the different Successes and Revolutions of that City_, Page 13 II. _Of the Extent of Old_ Byzantium, p. 20 III. _Of the Rebuilding it by_ Constantine _the_ Great, _and the Largeness of it in his Time_, p. 21 IV. _Of the present Figure, Compass, Length, and Breadth of_ Constantinople, p. 29 V. _A General Description of_ Constantinople, p. 32 VI. _The Situation of all the Parts of the City describ’d_, p. 35 VII. _Of the First Hill, the Palace of the Grand_ Seignor, _the Church of St._ Sophia, _and the_ Hippodrom, p. 36 VIII. _Of the First Valley_, p. 43 IX. _Of the Second Hill_, p. 44 X. _Of the Second Valley, which divides the Second from the Third Hill_, p. 48 XI. _Of the Third Hill_, p. 50 XII. _Of the Third Valley_, p. 54 XIII. _Of the Fourth Hill_, p. 55 XIV. _Of the Fifth Hill_, p. 59 XV. _Of the Fifth Valley_, p. 61 XVI. _Of the Sixth Hill_, p. 62 XVII. _Of the Valley which divides the_ Promontory _of the Sixth Hill from the Seventh Hill_, p. 64 XVIII. _Of the Seventh Hill_, p. 65 XIX. _Of the Walls of the City_, p. 67 XX. _Of the Gates of_ Constantinople, _and the Seven Towers of Old_ Byzantium, p. 70 XXI. _Of the long Walls_, p. 72 [Illustration: Page Decoration] BOOK II. CHAP. I. _Of the Buildings and Monuments of Old_ Byzantium _and_ Constantinople, p. 73