[92]. The Turks call the head-quarters of a corps, as well as their posts and guards, hearths, as coffee is always made there.
[93]. In the reign of Sultan Selim, the petty governors of Thrace revolted, and committed great disorders, even menacing the neighbourhood of Constantinople. The city of Adrianople took part with them. The new troops were sent against them, but did not obtain so much success as the author is willing to attribute to them.
[94]. Men, commonly dervises, who relate stories to amuse people at coffee-houses, and who receive a pecuniary recompense from the auditors.
[95]. It also means infidel, but it has the sense of reproach or insult.
[96]. This has happened to them at Zenta, Craoul, Rimnik, Hotim, and Aboukir.
[97]. Peter the Great. The epithet of mad is in Turkey considered as a compliment to those who distinguish themselves by courage and bravery.
[98]. Meaning the Author.
[99]. Domouz, and pezevenk in Turkish, are common epithets which mark disdain.
[100]. I have seen and conversed with Turkish women in Russia, married to Russian officers who had made them prisoners, and who assured me that they were very highly satisfied with their condition, and felt not the least desire to return to Turkey.
[101]. The Turks consider the marriage contract to be so intimately connected with religion, that a man who has committed any grievous infraction of their law, is obliged to renew his profession of faith and marriage ceremony, both of which have been rendered void by it.