A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . erformed, of leaving cards on ambas-sadors, ministers, and the diplomatic body, wliichis always of the utmost rigour on such half-past twelve the party started in fourteen-oared and ten-oared caiques, and proceeded up theBosphorus, to the palace of Beyler Bey, whichmay be safely and shortly described as the mostbeautiful palace in the most beautiful situation inthe world. The wind was cold and strong, and to avoidthe force of the stream, the flotilla kept closeto the European side. Gruards of honour werevi
A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . erformed, of leaving cards on ambas-sadors, ministers, and the diplomatic body, wliichis always of the utmost rigour on such half-past twelve the party started in fourteen-oared and ten-oared caiques, and proceeded up theBosphorus, to the palace of Beyler Bey, whichmay be safely and shortly described as the mostbeautiful palace in the most beautiful situation inthe world. The wind was cold and strong, and to avoidthe force of the stream, the flotilla kept closeto the European side. Gruards of honour werevisible in all directions, and the Ariadne, Psyche,and the four Turkish iron-clads, manned yardsand sides as the Eoyal Standard came in Turks did not mind us much, and some oldfellows, as they went by in their caiques, did noteven take the trouble of turning their heads to lookat the Sultans guests. In our progress we could not fail to observe SIX.] THE NEW PALACE. 499 that there was more than one palace on the edgeof the Bosphorus, in addition to those of Dohna-. bakshi and Saleh Bazaar, belonging to the Sultan—in fact, there is now rapidly approaching com-pletion on the western bank, only a couple ofmiles above the former Imperial residences, anedifice which promises to perform the very difficultfeat of exceeding in splendour, costliness, and eleganceany of these wonderful fabrics. Gorgeous andample as is the Palace of Beyler Bey, it is to befar excelled by the new Palace, which will havethe advantage of a beautiful garden, menagerieand aviaries full of wild beasts, game, ostriches,birds, and thus furnish the Sultan with a favouriteresort, of which his present abode at Dolmabakshiis destitute. It will not afford such a fine view asBeyler Bey, standing as that does on a cui-ve of theBosphorus, which washes its esplanade with a beau- K K 2 500 TCHAMLIDJA. [chap. tiful force, to wliich the blue rushing of the arrowyEhine is almost stagnancy. Nothing can surpassthe inte
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