'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎26] (575/1024)

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26 A Relation of the Grand Seignors SeragITo'
Conferves.
greater Tables, they icrvc up two of them in a Dift. So that th^T; '—
^pits in the furkifh Kitchins but what is for Poultry or Fowl, whirh
io imtowardly, that when they are brought up to the Table rhev y order
mangled and diforder’d, that it is no eafie matter to diftinnuifh fo
the feet. But it is to be oblerv’d, that the Pilau, and all forts of Fleft rom
not icrv’d up but only at Supper, about five of the Clock in the EvenT' 5 3re
that in the Morning thofe of better Quality Eat only Sallets Herh/p giand
h 0n M } u’ CS A ; , t ie fort u 0f People contentin g Aemfelves^ hir^"/
of Milk, Melons and Cucumbers, according to the Seafon. “ maiIe
As for Ejft, the Turkt care not milch for it, and though the Seas p •
are well replemlh’d therewith, yet they feldom Eat of them It feWri^u®
pens alfo that any VemTon or ^ Wild-Fowl , comes into thd ho U fe
.a kind of meat they do not any way relilh. But above all meats thevt 8
. an averhon tor the Hare , which Obfervation I made alfo in the 2
are of a perlwafion, that the Female of that Creature has its Monthlv tw
regularly, as the Woman hath. It is eaffiy perceivable by wb lei |
have given that there is no great variety or delicacy-in the MW;*
tdlac ld ? c F , mch an d other Europeans, Would not think themfelvcs well
treated thereat. But however, their Kitchins are kept very neat they have all
the accommodations requifite for their way of drellmg, and whethejyon coi!
hder the Dilhes and other \ ellcls they ufe, or the meat it felf, there is as much
cleanhnefs as can be expefted. 5 much
The Offices where the Conferves and Sweet meats are made C there being fa
or feven of them) are above the Kitchins, and ferv’d by four hundred h./Li
wno wereEftabhfli’d by Sultan Soly a magnificent Prince, who alfo regulated
d f and Officers of the Seraglio. They are, perpetually at \forkin
HnnM f ar 0ffiC ?r and ,* ere thc y prepare all forts of Conferves, dry and
liquid, and fevetal forts of Syrups, as aifo feveral kinds of which are Fruits
preicrv d m Vinegar and Salt, into which they put a quantity of fragrant Herbs
fuch as Rofcmary, Marjoram and Sage. y y " 1
, 1 * e , £lme ^ ccs the E a]fo prepare the ordinary drink of the lurks, which they
call Sherbet , and it is made leveral ways. Thar which is mbit common in fofey
comes fomewhat near our Lemonade, but there is very little Water in it; ’tis in aman-
a A; . Jl ! yCe ti djCm “ on i °r Citron, having an intermixture of Sugar, Amber,
n,Vl 1 i, They ma , k a-n ?r er forc of which is hi 8 hl y in efteem, and that is
made wnh the water deftill’d from the flower of a Plant, which growsin Pools
and Rivers, and has the figure of a Horfe-lhooe. Thefe flowers are yellow, and
called mloufer. Bur the Sherkt Which they moft efteem, and which is drunk by
the Grand Seignor himfelf, as alfo by the Balia’s and other Grandees of the Port,
is made of Violets and Sugar, and there is. but little juyee of Citron put into it.
1 hey make alio another fort of drink, which they call Maeion, compos’d of feyeral
Lhugs, whereby it is made hot: and there is another lortpurpolely prepar’d for the
Gland Seignor himfelf called Mufiavi, of which he takes a Dofe, when he intends
, ' 1 , , t ie The principal Perfons about the Court fend for it fecretly to
the n.uvagi-baebi , who does not deny them, as being a great advantage to him,
cecauie he is well paid for it. Nor do they want Snow and Ice to cool all thofe
manors, and the Lurks are much more humerous and delicate in their Drinks,
than they are m their Meat.
iltwafen^r 't> If. z ' dacc t fP ° r twelve Paces diftant, and oppofite to thefe Offices is the
the Seraglio. * c ’ cc F rac -‘ c 5 01 l\eiervatory 3 which diftributes all the Waters of the Seraglio,
and they are thence diredfed to every Quarter 5 into the places where there is a
neceliity of them. One of the Baltagis has his • fiation there all the day long,
t0 Wate / r as he 15 dire<aed * And when the Grand Seignor pafles from
one Quarter to another, the Fountain of that where he is in Perfon, phys
continually during his abode there, by a Signal which is given to the Baltagi.
r 11 the left nand in the fame Court, and oppofite to the Kitchins, maybe
icen the Grand Seignor’s little Stables, which do not hold above twenty five or
Y IU c Hories, defig’nd for his Exercifes with his Favourites, and above
the stables, m great Rooms, they keep the Saddles, Bridles, Holilles, Trappings,
oot-Gloaths, and Stirrops, which are of ineftimable value by rcafon of the abun
dance
Several Compo-
ftiotis of
Sherbet.
The little St a
hies.