The duty of the aforesaid six youths, who are changed according to the will of the Signor, is: of one to be _Papuji_,[732] or him who bears the shoes, of another _Silihdar_, who bears the bow and arrows, of another _Chokadar_, who bears the garments, of another _Sharabdar_, who bears the pitcher of water, of another _Iskemleji_, who carries the stool, and then of the sixth to be _Oda-bashi_, or chief of the Chamber. These have a fixed salary of 15 to 20, and the _Oda-bashi_ of 30 aspers per day. Next comes The eunuch _Kapu Aghasi_,[734] or chief of the gate, who has 60 aspers per day. The _Khazinehdar-bashi_, a eunuch, chief treasurer, 60 aspers.[733] The _Kilerji-bashi_, chief of the butlers, 40 aspers. The _Seraidar-bashi_,[734] a eunuch, chief of the palace when the Signor is away; he has 50 aspers. Twelve eunuchs subject to the aforesaid, with 10 to 15 aspers each. There are next about five hundred youths aged from eight to twenty years, who reside in the palace and are the delight of the Signor: they have each from ten to twelve aspers per day; they are instructed in various arts according to their genius, but especially in reading, writing, and in the doctrine of their laws, and in riding. The masters are old _Danishmends_,[735] called _Hojas_, or doctors of the laws. These boys at the season of Bairam, which is like our Easter day, are clothed by the Signor, some with silk and some with cloth, without any uniformity; and each has a golden bonnet, a scimitar, and a bow: they never leave the aforesaid palace until they have reached the age when the Signor thinks them fit for offices: and then he makes them _Spahi-oghlans_, or _Silihdars_, or of higher degrees according to their worth and the favor which they have gained with the Signor. Each ten of them are guarded by a eunuch called _Kapu-oghlan_, or chief of youths,[736] and each has a slave’s frock, in which he sleeps rolled up in such a manner that he does not touch another who may be near him. They reside in a large hall, full of great lights and spacious, and their eunuchs sleep in the middle of this hall. They have a garden in the palace, which extends more than a mile, in which reside about thirty-five gardeners, called _Bostanjis_, who are _Ajem-oghlans_:[737] these gardeners have from three to five aspers each per day; they are clothed in blue cloth, and given a shirt. Then when they leave the palace, they become Janissaries, or _Solaks_, or _Kapujis_, or something else according to their quality. The _Bostanji-bashi_, or chief gardener, has fifty aspers a day and many perquisites.