Carlowitz—Peterwarradin—Bridge of Boats—Neusatz—The Journey of Life—The Chevalier Peitrich—Austrian Officers—The Hungarian Poet—Illok—The Ancient Surnium—Peel Tower—Intense Cold—Flat Shores—Mohasch—Földvar—Pesth—German Postillion—A Few Last Words 492 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Yèrè Batan Seraï _Frontispiece._ Tower of Galata _Vignette Title-page._ Ruins of the Imperial Palace 28 Roman Bridge at Broussa 36 Roof of Oulou Jamè from the Garden of the Greek Church 40 Turkish Mausoleum 53 The Seraglio Point 159 Part of the Valley of Guiuk-Suy 244 Castle of Mahomet 256 Column of Theodosius 358 View near Fanaraki, in Asia 406 THE CITY OF THE SULTAN. 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. Having decided on visiting Broussa, we hired an island caïque with four stout rowers, and provided ourselves with plenty of coats and cloaks, a basket of provisions, and a few volumes of French classics; and thus we set sail from the Golden Horn on the last day of May, leaving Stamboul all splendour and sunshine. A brisk northerly wind carried us rapidly out into the Propontis; all sails were set; my father and myself comfortably established among “the wraps,” our Greek servant ensconced between two baskets, the steersman squatted upon the poop of the boat grinning applause, and revealing in his satisfaction a set of teeth as white as ivory; and, ere long, excepting this last, our attendant, and myself, every soul on board was asleep.