LET. XXVI. Adrianople.—Entertaining account of the baths at
Sophia, and Lady M's reception at them.
LET. XXVII. Adrianople.—Why our account of the Turks are so imperfect—oppressed condition of the Servians—teeth money, what—character of the Turkish effendis—farther particulars of Achmet Beg—Mahometism like Christianity, divided into many sectaries—remarks on some of their notions—religion of the Arnounts— conjectures relating to Trajan's gate—present view of the country.
LET. XXVIII. From Adrianople.—Marriage of the grand signior's
eldest daughter—the nature of the Turkish government—
grand signior's procession to mosque—his person
described—particulars relating to the French
ambassador's lady—character and behaviour of the
janizaries—the janizaries formidable to the seraglio.
LET. XXIX. Adrianople.—Lady M. describes her Turkish dress—the
persons and manners of the Turklsh ladies—their dress
when they go abroad—their address at intriguing—
possessed of more liberty than is generally imagined—
the plurality of wives allowed by the Koran seldom
indulged.
LET. XXX. Adrianople.—Manner in which the Turks pass their time
—the present pastoral manners of the Easterns, a
confirmation of the descriptions in the Grecian
poets—give great light into many scripture
passages—specimen of Turkish poetry—a version given
by Lady M. in the English style.
LET. XXXI. Adrianople.—The plague not so terrible as represented —account of the Turkish method of inoculating the small-pox.
LET. XXXII. Adrianople.—Description of the camel—their use, and
method of managing them—the buffalo—the Turkish
horses—their veneration for storks—the Turkish
houses—why Europeans so ignorant Of the insides of the
Turkish houses—their gardens—their mosques and hanns.
LET. XXXIII. Adrianople.—Lady M's visit to the grand vizier's
lady—her person described, and manner of entertaining
her guest—the victuals, &c.—visit to the kahya's
lady, the fair Fatima—her person, dress, and engaging
behaviour—her waiting-women—the Turkish music.
LET. XXXIV. Adrianople.—Description of Adrianople—the exchange— the principal traders Jews—the Turkish camp— procession of the grand signior going to command his troops in person—the manner by which Turkish lovers shew their affection for their mistresses—description of sultan Selim's mosque—the seraglio—the young princes.
LET. XXXV. From Constantinople.—Journey from Adrianople—the little seraglio—the Greek church at Selivrea—singular lodging of a hogia or schoolmaster—general view of Pera—Constantinople—their burial places and tombs— manner of renewing a marriage after a divorce— unmarried women, why supposed in Turkey to die in a state of reprobation—this notion compared with the catholic veneration for celibacy—the Eastern taste for antiquities.