Chapter C: Caffinet, interior of, i. 59, 61

Caïques, description of, i. 4;
hané, ii. 46

Cairo, ii. 44

Caloyers, Greek monks, i. 22;
escape of one, 32;
meaning of name, ii. 15

Candaules, king of Lydia, ii. 93

Cannon, enormous one cast by Mahomet II. i. xiv;
fondness of Turks for, 20

Cantacuzene, allows the Genoea to build a wall round Galata,
i. xii, xxiv;
builds Joannina, ii. 78

Calosso, Italian riding-master, ii. 66

Cara Osman Oglou, family of, ii. 31

Caravanseraï, description of, i. 76;
at Guzel-hissar, ib.

Carpoos, water-melon, i. 8

Capitan Pasha, ii. 59, 60

Capi Tchocadar, found assassinated, ii. 59

Casas Arptine presents the sultan with steam-boat, ii. 62

Casim Pasha, district of, ii. 58, 59

Cavac, general name for melon, i. 8

Cemetery of Scutari, i. 12;
extreme beauty of, and why enlarged, 13;
Petit Champ des Morts, 23

Chalcedon, building of, i. p. i;
called City of Blind Men, p. ii.

Chalki, island of, ii. 21

Chocsecen, castle of Europe, why so called, i. 11

Chrysostom, his chair, ii. 48

Circassia, description of, ii. 55;
slaves of, 56

Cistern of Bin-bir-derek, i. 14;
Yéré-batan Seraï, 82, 83

Clazomenæ, ii. 80

Coal-mine, i. 6

Comneni, family of, i. xxxii; ii. 7

Confectionary, Turkish, i. 34

Constantine, his conversion and success, i. p. iii;
family of, xxviii; ii. 35, 52

Constantinople, building of, i. v;
enlarged by Theodosius, vi;
attacked by Saracens, vii;
taken by crusaders, ix;
devastation of, x;
recovered by Greeks, xi;
visited by Genoese, ib;
taken by Mahomet II. xv;
emperors and sultans of, from time of dedication to present day,
xxviii., xxxvi;
view of Golden Horn, i;
description of, 1, 2;
objects which strike a stranger in, 59, 60;
halls of, 81; ii. 45, 46, 58

Crescent, origin of, i. p. ii.

Crete, taken by Mahomet IV. i. 21

Cross on Turkish flags, i. 6

Crusaders, i. viii;
barbarity, ix. x;
where crossed the Bosphorus, 10

Cybele, statue of, ii. 11

Cyclades of Propontis, ii. 20;
anchored in, by Admiral Duckworth, 21;
resorted to in time of plague, 22

Cypress, funeral tree of Turks, why, i. 12;
attains a magnificent size, ib.