The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836, Vol. 2 (of 2)
CHAPTER XVI.
Military Festival—Turkish Ladies—Female Curiosity—Eastern Coquetry—A Few Words on the Turkish _Fèz_—The Imperial Horse Guards—Disaffection of the Imperial Guard—False Alarms—The Procession—The Troops at Pera—Imitative Talent of the Turks—Disappointment 231