■PLATE XLVIII.
T H I C O NT E C T 10 N E R
TO ' THE PALACE.
A l t h o u g h we are ignorant'In a great measure 'bf'-wiiat passes i&
the Grahd-gigniofs kitchen, yet wemay.caiiehide, that the- culinary
and confectionary'arts are not very bad, from what may fee
'observed imVarious parts of* th e city. They are indeed carried io a
great degree of excellence.
Theeodks shops,: the confectioners, and the fruiterers; thrcaagh-
dSB OonStantinople, ate iffi Very well supplied, add kept with great
•neatness; Thell'qdfer. ^lied^sher'bet, is in constant use, and is carried
about fhe streets forsateicoofedih; iee, during most part of tile
year; ~ and' at 'ad expensive. It Is generally composed o f eon-
serves and preserved fruibl'dfcolved in water; to which, so great a
«faetetiiyTdf ffffisk is added, as nearly to destroy the fiatrbwr’of the
Suits.
