a city of Turkey in Europe, in the province of Romania, and the see of an archbishop under the patriarch of Constantinople. It is about seven or eight miles in circumference, including the old city and some gardens. The houses are low, mostly built of mud and clay, and some of brick; and the streets are exceedingly dirty. The walls and towers are in a great measure fallen to decay. However, there is a beautiful bazaar, or market, half a mile long, called Ali Baffa. It is a vast arched building, with six gates, and 365 well furnished shops, kept by Turks, Armenians, and Jews, who pay five crowns a-month for each shop. The number of inhabitants of all nations and religions may be about 100,000; but it is dear living here, because the provisions are brought from distant places. The air is wholesome, and the country very pleasant in the summer time, on account of the river and streams that run near and about the city; the chief of which is the Mariza. These promote and preserve the verdure of the gardens, meadows, and fields, for a considerable part of the year. In the winter there is plenty of game. Near the principal bazaar there is another, about a mile in length, covered with boards, with holes on each side to let in the light. It is full of good shops, which contain all kinds of commodities. Sultan Selim's mosque stands on the side of a hill, in the midst of the city; and hence this magnificent structure may be seen on all sides. Everything made of gold and silver, jewels, pistols, scimitars, &c., are sold in another part of the city, called by travellers the bisestein, though it differs little from a bazaar. This contains about 200 shops, and is covered like the former: but the covering is supported by two rows of large pillars. The grand vizier's palace is nothing more than a convenient house, after the Turkish manner of building. The emperor's seraglio is a regular structure, in a plain near the river Tungia. It is two miles in compass, and has seven gates, besides those of the gardens, which are several miles in circumference. The city is governed by a mullah cadi, who has an absolute authority both in civil and criminal matters. In the time of the plague, or war, the grand signior sometimes resides here. The Turks took this city from the Greeks in 1362, and made it the capital of empire, till Mahomet II. took Constantinople in 1453. E. Long. 26. 27. N. Lat. 41. 41.