This is the place which the Sultan sometimes honours by his presence when he wishes to practise archery.
On an open space stands a kind of pulpit of masonry, from which the Sultan shoots arrows into the air without mark or aim.

Where the arrow falls, a pillar or pyramid is erected to commemorate the remarkable event.

The whole space is thus covered with a number of these monuments, most of them broken and weather-stained, and all scattered in the greatest confusion.

Not far from this place is an imperial kiosk, with a garden.

Both promise much when viewed from a distance, but realise nothing when seen from within.
THE TOWER IN GALATA.
Whoever wishes to appreciate in its fullest extent the charm of the views round Constantinople should ascend the tower in Galata near Pera, or the Serasker in Constantinople.