in the Turkish teraglio, signifies a clas, order, or chamber. The grand signior's pages are divided into five classes or chambers. The first, which is the lowest in dignity, is called the great oda, from the greater number of persons that compose it; these are the juniors, who are taught to read, write, and speak the languages. The second is called the little oda, where from the age of 14 or 15 years, till about 20, they are trained up to arms, and the study of all the polite learning the Turks are acquainted with. The third chamber, called kilar oda, consists of 200 pages, which, besides their other exercises, are under the command of the kilardgi-bachi, and serve in the pantry and fruitery. The fourth consists only of 24, who are under the command of the khazineda-bachi, and have charge of the treasure in the grand signior's apartment, which they never enter with cloaths that have pockets. The fifth is called kas oda or privy-chamber; and is composed of only 40 pages who attend in the prince's chamber. Every night eight of these pages keep guard in the grand signior's bed-chamber while he sleeps; they take care that the light, which is constantly kept in the room, does not glare in his eyes, lest it should awake him: and if they find him disturbed with troublesome dreams, they cause him to be awaked by one of their agas.

Oda-Bachi, or Oddabachi, an officer in the Turkish soldiery, equivalent to a serjeant or corporal among us. The common soldiers and janizaries, called oldachis, after having served a certain term of years, are always preferred and made biquelairs; and of biquelairs in time become odobachis, i.e., corporals of companies, or chiefs of certain divisions, whose number is not fixed; being sometimes ten, and sometimes twenty.

Their pay is six doubles per month; and they are distinguished by a large felt, a foot broad and above a foot long, hanging on the back, with two long ostrich feathers.