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sum of 193/. 126'. 7f/. currency (Englisli) of tliat time; so that it may be safely said aiiibjissadors' outfits arc of very old date. Tlieir carpets, fifteen in number, which would have to serve as beds, cost 15/. 15.v. Qd. The armour, including seven iron plates, eleven basinets, &c., cost 44/. 5*. When they were fairly landed in Asia Minor, we find that they employed the Saracens as porters to carry tlieir luggage, and i^erform other servile offices, so strong a])pears to have been the Moghul rule. At Trebisond, the climate proving rather warm, JNIaster Buscarelli, the chief en'oy, was obliged to buy a parasole (sic), — an item not without interest to those who have sought to trace the introduction, or early uses, of the umbrella in England. The Emperor, or Sultan, of Trebisond's cook seems to have suited their tastes, for they made him a gift of 1 00 aspers. The weather still grew warmer, and another parasol was bought at Tabriz, in Kur- distan. These were, including two shillings'-worth of paper, tlieir most remarkable purchases. On returning home to England, they brought with them a leopard in a gabea or cage {(jabbia), which was fed on sheep throughout the journey ; several being put on board the galley for its use while at Constantinum Nobilem, as it pleased the scribe to write Constantinople. As this document is perhaps the earliest extant relating to an English mission to such very remote parts, it appeared to me worthy of being brought under the notice of the Institute. In a succeeding paper I hope to complete the Itinerary. T. HUDSON TURNER. ON CEETAIN ANCIENT ENAMELS. Few of tlie decorative arts of past ages have excited more interest than that of enamelling on metals. This doubtless has been due in no small degree to the beauty and brilliancy of the colours exhibited by the objects so ornamented, and the difficulty and ingenuity of the manipulation employed in the process itself. The attention, on the present occasion, will be directed to a class of enamels peculiarly interesting,