His Excellency had audience of leave of the _caimekám_, a courteous, affable, and obliging person, of no great estate or character, except that his wife is sister to the _Sultan_. The same day, being Friday, I saw the _Grand Signior_ riding from his palace to the _mosque_, where he paid his public devotion. He was preceded by several _chiaushes_, then by six led horses, and then by several _solácks_, habited in short vests, and adorned with high caps of gilt silver. On each side of his horse walked three _churbegées_, bearing on their heads so many beautiful white ostrich feathers; and behind him followed on stately horses his _selictár agá_, and _kyslér agá_. He is of a low stature, but broad and corpulent; has a short neck, a large squat yellow fleshy face, a flat nose, a low forehead, with cheeks remarkably long and squabby. In his coins he stiles himself, _The mighty Sultan of the earth and sea, a Sultan son of a Sultan, Sultan Mustafá Han, son of emperor Mahomet_. March xxi. His Excellency had audience of leave of the _nakéib effendi_, who is the son of the _mufti_, and by patent the designed successor of his father. He is about thirty years of age, of good parts and behaviour, naturally arrogant, but made shew on this occasion of an affected courtesy. March xxiv. I this day saw the heads of five robbers brought from _Natolia_, and laid at the gate of the _seraglio_, where by custom they are to remain three suns. They are only the skins of so many criminals heads stuffed with straw. April ii. _A. D._ 1702. His Excellency, my Lord Paget, now drawing near to his departure was this day invited to the grand _vizír’s_, where among many singular tokens of that esteem, which this court truely bears to his person and character, he received a splendid feast, together with the present of a sable vest to the value of two purses; as also a noble horse, and sumptuous furniture, computed at three more. April iii.