yandcarelesslyandfocusedonnothinginparticularbesidesthegeneralotioninthesquare.Later,Inotiotherpicturesthatthesamearraandpagepositioed—eventhoughthewallorioreesandterra-cottashinglesweredepictedindifferentstylesandcolors.Oextwaswrittenoutbyscribes,theillustrationspletedandthebookbound;thereader,turningpages,wouldeachtimeseepletelydifferentactivitiesinpletelydifferentcolorsintheHippodromewhichremaineduhesamewatchfulgazesoftheSultanand

    Hiscrowdofguests—whoalwaysstoodidentically,forevergazingatthesameareabelow.

    TherebeforemeIsawpeoplescramblingforhundredsofbowlsofpilafthatwereplatheHippodrome;Isawtheliverabbitsandbirdsemergeoutoftheroastoxandstartlethecrowdthathaddesdeduponit.Isawthemastercoppersmiths’guildridinginawheeledcartbeforeOurSultan,itsmembershammeringaperbutrikingtheoneamongthemlyingiwiththeanvilbalanhisbarechest.IsawglaziersembellishingglasswithationsandcypressesastheyparadedbeforeOurSultaninawagon;feersregsweetpoemsastheydrovecamelsladenwithsacksofsugaranddisplayedcagesholdingsugar-parrots;andagedlocksmithswhoshowedoffavarietyofhanginglocks,padlocks,deadboltsandgearlocksastheyplaiheevilsofimesandnewdoors.

    Butterfly,StorkandOlivehadworkedourethatdepictedthemagis:Ohemwascausiomarchdoolewithoutdroppingthem—asifonabroadslabofmarble—tothebeatofatambourineplayedbyanother.InonewagonIsawpreciselyhotainK?l??AliPashahadforcedtheinfidelshe’dcapturedatseatomakean“infidels’mountain”outofclay;he’dthenloadedalltheslavesintothecart,andwhenhewasrightbeforetheSult