P.-EAfE'V.
LADLE-BEARER TO THE JANISSARIES.
T his singular character i£ a person of greater consequmice than
AtfifGL if we are to judge, from European manners, would lead us
to suspects; ;Tbe’ sen se-qf’honour -is not,“ as'witlf ps,” attached to
their-coloursthey. might’ lose them, without much, danger of-'
grace;Shut-the loss-of' their- ladle, and. kettle is almost irreparable,
and-they esteem it- their greatest calamity. In qrder, tp-avoid
this, every adahr or regiment, of which' there are an hundred and'
one,- has two-of* each. .When both are taken by ap enemy,’ they
in s id e r the regiment as. destroyed, and a new-one.is formed, to
-whom new ladles and-kettles are^iven. These ladles and.kettles I
are never removed without receiving some military, honours. When
the Ladle-Bearer goes round, acfw-dmg - to&Mons. Dalvimart, to
serve out -thegsc%k Outnesses, ■ he’i | always escorted by a guard.
The -Janissaries themselves 'a ^ p have a-', wooden spoon, with]
which they eat theirpi&v, and-.which they wear-in-their caps in,
steid Of feathers; and they as muchlook upon these as a part o f the]
military dress, as’an European would a sword. -