Chapter V: Vacilesso, ii. 84

Valens, burnt to death by Goths, i. xxviii;
aqueduct of, 6;
prophetic stone, 15;
invite Goths to settle in Thrace, ii. 63

Venetians, cruel punishment of, i. 10;
first sent mirrors to Constantinople, ii. 61

W

Wall of Constantinople, i. 81

Wallachia, hospodars of, elected from seven families of Greek princes,
ii. 48

Water provided by Turks for all animals, i. 34;
fondness of Moslems for it, why, ib.

Women, souls of, i. 13;
tombstones without heads, ib.;
their affection for the dead, how shown, 14