It is so known a Truth in this Country, that he were an absurd Man that would offer to deny it. They that come to _Constantinople_ from _Egypt_, (as many do continually) affirm it for certain, that Chicken are not hatched, as with us, by a Hen sitting abrood upon them, but there are some appointed Officers, that, in Spring-time, gather all the Eggs of the Neighbourhood and put them in a certain kind of Oven, which they make of Dung and Trash heaped up together, and by the heat of the Sun and the hot putrid Vapours, the Chicken in due time, are animated and break their Shells; and then the Owners come to claim the Chickens, which the Overseers of the Work deliver out to them, not by Tale, for that would be too tedious, but by Admeasurement. I mention this the rather, because I read of such a Passage in _Vopiscus_, where the Emperor _Adrian_, being angry with the _Egyptians_, inveighs against them with this Sarcasm; _I wish them_, says he, _no greater Curse, than that they may always feed on their own Chicken, which, how they are hatch’d, I am asham’d to tell._ So that, without Question, this was an old Custom among the _Egyptians_; and, therefore, _Adrian_ upbraided them with their Food, which he looked upon as obscene, being begotten by Dung and Dirt. You may think, perhaps, that I am mistaken; but I leave the Matter with you, and shall now hasten to acquaint you with the rest of my Diversions. Be pleased then to know, that I have also a breed of brave Horses; some from _Syria_, others from _Cilicia_, _Arabia_, _Cappadocia_, together with divers Camels, Sumpture-horses, and all Utensils fit for a Journey. For I would have the _Turks_ believe, that I have now executed all my Master’s Commands, and wait only for my Dismission to return home, which I press with great Importunity, knowing that, by reason of the present Discord among them, and the War between the two Brothers, I may obtain the better Conditions of Peace from them. As I take Pleasure in my Horses on other Accounts, so especially when in an Evening I behold them brought, one by one, out of their Stables, and placed in the Yard, that so they may enjoy the Night-Air in Summer-time, and rest more sweetly. They march out so stately, shaking their Manes on their high Necks, as if they were proud to be seen; and they have Fetters on their Forefeet, and one of their hinder Feet is tied with a Cord to a Stake.