The book series is especially attractive for other people as a rule and is not prohibited, and husbands do not harass their wives in adulterous relationships. In case I suspect, if my husband wanted it. To find out whether his wife really was in the house of such and such a relative, then who to ask? The owner of the house (if he is not already offended) will liely moan that he does not see the women who woo his wife. Should I ask his wife? Yes, you can never catch her. However, my friend told Yin that there is no pleasure in such acquaintances, surrounded by danger. the conversation with these women is generally boring: they are almost uneducated and without any upbringing; There is absolutely nothing to talk to him about, and it is impossible to confidently insist on love. No matter how good a woman is, her beauty alone cannot keep a man aching. Because of this, ethnic relations can be long-lasting and a prudent person should avoid them. country. Here you will see that in one shop they polish parchment and paper, in many others scribes sit and, in deep silence, carefully copy out manuscripts. For curly and capital letters there are special red painters: they write with great skill, in gold, azure or vermilion, words or drawings around the leaves. In general, they use a kind of feathers made from reeds for this purpose. In the book row there is silence and perfect silence. The calligraphy here has been brought almost to perfection, and I, seeing how much work and time it costs, find that the manuscripts are not so expensive either. I bought one, on thin parchment, with rich gold and azure capital letters, in a hundred sheets or more, and in a silk case, for 75 rubles with our money. I also forgot to say that bookbinders are in this row; parchment, ink, quills, and everything needed for bookmaking are also sold here.
Moscotile rows (there are more than one) are abundant in goods. Here all the medicinal substances, herbs, salts seem to have been collected from all over the world. Paints, brine, saltpeter, vitriol, lay in heaps. Sugar and coffee are also sold here. The copper row is deafening: it not only sells, but also produces all sorts of copper utensils, and this causes the continuous knocking: one is forging pots, another is flattening a tray. I was glad to escape from this little hell, the coal stinks terribly of children.
Maybe I was too excited about the lack of food, and of course because I often went for a walk there. There are constantly crowds of people there, all of us, in different costumes. Only there you can freely see women of almost all ages and all nations; and for a traveler such a sight is attractive and interesting. Just like in our Moscow ranks, in the foodless peddlers, with all kinds of food supplies and drinks, they walk around and shout about their goods: one sells made pilaf, another pieces of kebab, this fruit; they sing with eorbets, buza. I wanted to enjoy everything and, I admit, I really liked a lot of things, especially the drinks: they are similar to our waters, lingonberry, currant, ginger, etc. From Rezestein I could see the reservoirs and water pipelines of Constantinople, existing anciently and today. Although, according to Nrokosh, in Byzantium () there was a great abundance of water, it is known that the springs often dried up. In order to avoid such an inconvenience, which was painful for the people, vast and magnificent reservoirs were built in different parts of the city, similar to the one that serves as the Foundation of the Church of St. Sophie. I found and saw many of them: the main one is called the reservoir of a Thousand Columns. Do not think, however, that there really are such a number of colonies in it: there are 336 of them in total, each composed of three parts; but multiply the columns with these parts, and it will turn out to be too many thousand. Now the reservoir is empty: farmworkers unweave silk in it. In ancient times they called it: St5erpa Vasa (Tsarsyu pond). Another body of water: Msparis, located near the Laleli mosque; it is supported by 80 marble pillars, 4 inches in diameter. He received his name (=) Be Aeysya, Ga. I. from Mspar, who lived in the reign of Emperor Leo, and built it near the city walls. Large reservoir - So5yoegna Mizhta. Mokeev reservoir, so named because of its proximity to the church of St. Mokea; There is now a garden here, and the Turks call it: Teikur Bostan (small garden). It is near the Essi-Marmara mosque. I also saw a reservoir near the Imror-Jami mosque: there are 2 columns of the Korine Order, made of granite, 20 inches thick per meter. There are many others; some central buildings and others were destroyed; but since I haven’t seen them, I won’t describe them from the words of others.