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THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ADRIANOPLE. 249
Christmasse), and now (as is said) they freely taste the
blood likewise.
On the North-east of Adrianople stands the Seraglio,
which is very large, and on one side of it runs the river
Tunza,1 on the other side is a plain where we saw all the
sights. There is a very stately bridge, or rather pile of
stone, built over the Tunza from Adrianople to Ildrem; it is
at least 970 of my paces long, and was built by Michael
Waivod of Moldavia, as is cal'd Michael's2 Kupru, or
Michael's bridge. Tunza under it meets with a branch of
Arda-Meritch; over Tunza by the Seraglio on the Town
side is a very strong stone bridge ; on the other side, about
a mile and a half from it, is another bridge of wood. Upon
that river on the west side, a little farther, Backstrevacui,
where they make very good tiles and brick; next stands
Carajauis, on the other side about 2 miles distant; and the
moimtaines on the east side of it have many quarreys of
soft spongy stone, yet they use it in many buildings. It
stands over against Ack-bonar. About 2 or 3 mile farther is
Corojecui, a little village, and about a mile farther is a very
fine lake call'd by the Turkes Gidle-babba, or father Lake
(Giole being a lake); it stands with Tunza on the West,
high hills on the E., and Corojtcui to the S. It is well
stock't with fish (and fowl in the winter time) ; we saw
there in August multitudes of Pelicans, swans, and some
Ducks. At the East end of it, at the foot of the hills,
stands a summer-house of the G. Sr.'s, furnisht alhvayes
ready. There are many excellent fountaines of very good
water ; there are some few houses about it inhabited by
1 The Tondja.
2 Michel, the celebrated Waivode of Moldavia, aroused great ani-
mosity against the Ottoman rule in the Danubian districts at the
close of the sixteenth century. In 159s he became reconciled to the
Porte, and invested also with the Governorship of Wallachia; but he
was assassinated in 1601.
Christmasse), and now (as is said) they freely taste the
blood likewise.
On the North-east of Adrianople stands the Seraglio,
which is very large, and on one side of it runs the river
Tunza,1 on the other side is a plain where we saw all the
sights. There is a very stately bridge, or rather pile of
stone, built over the Tunza from Adrianople to Ildrem; it is
at least 970 of my paces long, and was built by Michael
Waivod of Moldavia, as is cal'd Michael's2 Kupru, or
Michael's bridge. Tunza under it meets with a branch of
Arda-Meritch; over Tunza by the Seraglio on the Town
side is a very strong stone bridge ; on the other side, about
a mile and a half from it, is another bridge of wood. Upon
that river on the west side, a little farther, Backstrevacui,
where they make very good tiles and brick; next stands
Carajauis, on the other side about 2 miles distant; and the
moimtaines on the east side of it have many quarreys of
soft spongy stone, yet they use it in many buildings. It
stands over against Ack-bonar. About 2 or 3 mile farther is
Corojecui, a little village, and about a mile farther is a very
fine lake call'd by the Turkes Gidle-babba, or father Lake
(Giole being a lake); it stands with Tunza on the West,
high hills on the E., and Corojtcui to the S. It is well
stock't with fish (and fowl in the winter time) ; we saw
there in August multitudes of Pelicans, swans, and some
Ducks. At the East end of it, at the foot of the hills,
stands a summer-house of the G. Sr.'s, furnisht alhvayes
ready. There are many excellent fountaines of very good
water ; there are some few houses about it inhabited by
1 The Tondja.
2 Michel, the celebrated Waivode of Moldavia, aroused great ani-
mosity against the Ottoman rule in the Danubian districts at the
close of the sixteenth century. In 159s he became reconciled to the
Porte, and invested also with the Governorship of Wallachia; but he
was assassinated in 1601.