Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 51879-h.htm or 51879-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51879/51879-h/51879-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51879/51879-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/cityofsultanandd02pardiala Project Gutenberg has the other volume of this work. Volume I: see http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51878 Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A carat character is used to denote superscription. A single character following the carat is superscripted (example: G^t). Multiple superscripted characters are enclosed by curly brackets (example: Lith^{rs}). The part of List of Illustrations in Vol. I. related to Vol. II. is moved to Vol. II. for completenes and consistency. THE CITY OF THE SULTAN; AND DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS, IN 1836. [Illustration: Miss Pardoe del. Day & Haghe Lith^{rs}. to the King. YÈRÈ BATAN SERAÏ _Henry Colburn 12 G^t. Marlborough St. 1837_] THE CITY OF THE SULTAN; AND DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS, IN 1836. by MISS PARDOE, Author of “Traits and Traditions of Portugal.” [Illustration: TOWER OF GALATA.] In Two Volumes. VOL. II. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1837. London: P. Shoberl, Jun., Leicester Street, Leicester Square. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. CHAPTER I. Departure for Broussa—Rocky Coast—Moudania—The Custom House—Translation of the word _Backshich_—The Archbishop of Broussa—The Boatman’s House—The Dead and the Living—Laughable Cavalcade—Dense Mists—Fine Country—Flowers, Birds, and Butterflies—The Coffee Hut—The Turkish Woman—Broussa in the Distance—The Dried-up Fountain—Immense Plains—Bohemian Gipsies—Mountain Streams—Turkish Washerwomen—Fine Old Wall—The Jews’ Quarter—The Turkish Kiosk—Oriental Curiosity—A Dream of Home Page 1 CHAPTER II. Ancient Gate—Greek Inscriptions—Mausoleum of Sultan Orcan—Monkish Chronicle—The Turbedar Hanoum—Inverted Columns—Painted Pillars—Splendid Marbles—Tombs of the Imperial Family—The Greek Cross—The Sultan’s Beard—Mausoleum of Sultan Ali Osman—Monastic Vaults—Ruined Chapel—Remains of a Greek Palace—Bassi Relievi—Ruined Fountains—Ancient Fosse—Dense Vegetation—Noble Prospect—Roman Aqueduct—Valley of the Source—Picturesque Groups—Coffee-Kiosks—Absence of Pretension among the Turks—The Tale Teller—Traveller’s Khan—Sick Birds—Roman Bridge—Armenian Mother 21 CHAPTER III.