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THE GRAND yIZIER.


 z In the afternoon. about four o'clock. sat out for the .seraglio with Dr. Te- rlano, the Nizier's physician, and the Aiziieess's Italian Secretary. The gate oi the palace was not unlike the en- trance to some of the closes in Edin- burgh, and the court within reminded me ot Smithlield, London, but it was not surrounded by such lofty buildings. nor in any degree of comparison, so well constructed. We ascended a narrow staircases where three or four hundred ot the Fizier's Albanian guards were iounging. h an anti-chamher which opened from the gallery, number of officers were smoking, and in the middle. on the floor, two old Turks were seri- ousiy engaged at chess. My name was sent n, to the Vizier, guard of cere- mony was called, and after they had ar- ranged themselvesin the prescnce-cllanl- Der, was admitted. The doctor and the secretary having in the meantime taken oil their shoes, accompanied me to act as interpreters. The presence chamber was about forty feet square, showy and handsome; round the walls were placed sofas, covered with scarlet cloth. In the farthest corner of the room. elevated on crimson velvet ensh- Ion, sat the Vizier, wrappedina pelisse !: on his head was a vast turban. in his vest was dagger incrusted with jewels. and on the little finger of his right hand. he wore solitaire as large as the hob of the stopper of vinegar cruet. and which was said to have cost two thou- sand five hundred pounds sterling. Tn his left hand he held small string oi coral beads, comboloio. which he twisted backwards and forwards durino the greater part of the visit. On the sofa beside him lay pair of richly or nanaented London made pistols. Ai some distance, but not on the same sofa sat Menet the Pashaw of Napoii Ro. mania, whose son was contracted in mar. yiage to the Yizier's daughter. On the floor, at the foot of this pashaw. and on. posite the Vizier, secretary was wri.