P LA T E P &
A SULTAN A ,O R KADDIM.
f e the description'to-'the second Plate ttjireiB a iAe,teb'©Ciile.
Seraglio and itS'ibhabitaots, particularly respecting the ftspHeS.
The'Plate itself is a-portrait of a Sultana, or'Odafisk, a'term by
which all the females are distinguished except tftefew (about seven)
-vVho are raised to a superior rank, and are called Kaddins, or Ka-
dettns. When the Sultan dismisses any one of these, either from
Caprice or-satiety-wBKh’dfe does by sending her to-ffie old Ser^Go,
another-Odalisk takes fier • placed -This, csf course, is an'honour
eagerly-sought after. .One of the reasons, perhaps, o f -the-Sultan s
not marrying is, that he thinks himself of a superior rank-to other
• mortals, and that ■'he .shall degrade himself b y forming ariy edb-
nexion Of so intimate 's nature ;with what- he 'looks upon as1 an
inferior te p g . j
