[N] _Circassia_ is a Province that extends from the _Bosphorus_ to the _Eastern_ Shore of the _Euxine Sea_, famous for its beautiful Women; and the _Seraglio_ is generally filled with them for the service of the Emperor. [O] The _Seraglio_ is the _Emperor’s Palace_, with large Gardens bordering on the _Bosphorus_, the Sea that parts _Constantinople_ in _Europe_, and _Scutari_ in _Asia_. There the Emperor’s Women are kept, each in favour having their particular Apartments, being generally attended by _black Eunuchs_, and those of the most deformed sort. The young Slaves are also brought up here in a large Apartment, near the Gate of the _Seraglio_ and though the Sons of Slaves often rise to the highest Posts in the Empire; for in _Turkey_ Birth is seldom regarded, but the greatest Merit rises to the highest Post, contrary to the Rules of other Nations, where _Bribes_ and _Favour_ promote the Worthless. At the age of twelve they are taken from the _Seraglio_, and employ’d in Business according to their Capacity. [P] _Guntz_, a small Town, situate upon a River of the same name in _Lower Hungary_. [Q] _Gratz_, the Capital City of _Stiria_; it stands upon the River _Mure_, twenty Miles from _Vienna_ to the South. [R] _Tunis_, the _Capital_ of a Country of the same name, is a large City, five Miles in circumference. It a noble Port on the Coast of _Barbary_, upon the _Mediterranean_, about eight Leagues from old _Carthage_, the Birth-place of the famous _Hannibal_. This City has had more Revolutions and Masters than any City in the Universe: but since 1570 it has remain’d in the possession of Kings of their own, till the Line was extinct; and is now govern’d by a Bey as a Commonwealth, under the Protection of the _Turk_. [S] _Nice_, the Capital of _Bythinia_, (the old _Antigonia_.) This City is remarkable for that famous _Council_ held against _Arianism_, relating to the time of celebrating _Easter_ among the Christians, with some Points of Church-Discipline, in the Imperial Palace of _Constantine_ the _Great_, in the Year 325 of Christianity. There was another design’d in the Year 359, but prevented by a sudden Earthquake, which destroy’d a great part of the City. There was another Council assembled in the Year 787, made up of three hundred and fifty Bishops. _Nice_ was taken by _Godfrey_ of _Boloigne_ in his way to _Jerusalem_ in order to commence the Holy War, that cost so many thousand Lives, and drain’d the Purses of almost all _Europe_. [T] _Tauris_ (the old _Ecbatana_) the second City in the _Kingdom_ of _Persia_, situated about thirty Miles from the _Caspian Sea_. In 849 it was deftroy’d by an Earthquake, very frequent in those mountainous Countries. It underwent several Revolutions between the _Turks_ and _Persians_, but now it remains in the hands of the famous _Kouli Kan_.