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in sight of Constantinople ever since Friday morning. On Monday 21.
Nov: 21. Mr G and I and came on shore: we took boat at about
1/2 after 12: it was a boat manned by three Turks,
who took directions from the ship where to land us. The
current which always runs out from the Black Sea being
much more than a match for the little wind which there was
in our favour, we were near two hours before we disembarked
at Pera, the Frank suburb which lies on the farthermost
side of the harbour. The necessity of eluding the force
of the current which ran as supposed at the rate of 4 miles
an hour, kept us close in all the way with the shore:
this gave us a very near and advantageous view of one
side of the vast triangle (for such is the figure of the city
of Constantinople) the Seraglio itself included which forms
of itself a town of no inconsiderable dimensions, containing
as is supposed not fewer than 10,000 people. But paper
gets scarce: I must dismiss descriptions and details. I dined
on Monday (Nov. 21) with Duke Humphry: Tuesday (Nov. 22d) with
our
our Ambassador: Wednesday (Nov. 23) with the Imperial Minister
Yesterday (Thursday Nov. 24) with a mad French Jeweller, who
perhaps may be of more use to me than all their excellencies.
Yesterday morning I saw from the French Ambassador's
palace the public entry of the Venetian; a confused and ridiculous
scene. Here as at Smyrna I found Sir Rich. Worsley: I
wished him at the Devil, God forgive me, or what would
have come to the same thing, with his wife. But for him
I should have been lodged at Smyrna with the Consul
and here with the Ambassador: but Sir. R. and his painter Mr Revel coming first
has been first served. To these two his Excellency adds a
3d guest, the Hon.......Cadogan: so that his spare room
he says, is compleatly taken up, otherwise, as he had the
politeness to assure me, he should have insisted on my
taking up my quarters at the Palace. Nothing can be more
friendly and obliging: he offer'd at the first interview to fit
up for the company I have with me the Infirmary belonging
to the palace, or to furnish an unfurnished lodging
of which he had heard we had the option. Adieu.
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John Mulford Esq.r
Basingstoke
Angleterre
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