Chapter 57 Chapter Fifty-Five

Residence in Teremi Monastery In the middle of the inner courtyard is a luxurious pool made of beautiful white jade; there are statues of the three Greek goddesses on the pool, holding "harvest horns" in their hands, from breasts, mouths, ears, eyes, and There are other holes in the body that spray water. On the ground floor of the house in the yard, there are thick and large agate stone and cloud stone pillars, between the pillars, there is an ancient curved arch, inside is a delicate gallery, long and wide, with paintings on the walls, decoration There are deer antlers, unicorn horns, rhino horns, hippopotamus tusks, ivory tusks, and other decorative items.

Between Altis Tower and Mezambina Tower is the female dormitory.The rest are male dormitories.For the convenience of women's games, in front of their dormitories, that is, in the open space between the two towers mentioned above, a sports field, a horse riding field, a stage, a swimming pool, and exquisite bathrooms with three different temperatures have been opened. All equipment is available, as well as bath water that has been scented. Along the banks of the river, there is an exquisite amusement garden with a beautiful maze in the middle of the garden.Between the other two towers are tennis courts and football fields.On the other side of the Clierta was the orchard, filled with various fruit trees, planted evenly and neatly in a quincunx pattern.At the end of the orchard, there is a large garden, in which there are all kinds of birds and animals.

Between the fifth and sixth towers is a shooting range for practicing muskets, bows and arrows, and ballistas.Outside the Esperita Tower, there is a single-storey servants' dormitory; in the past it was a stable, and in front of the stable was a falconry, which is managed by professional technicians and supplied by Kantians, Venetians, and Samatians every year. All kinds of birds of prey, including: eagles, falcons, vultures, rocs, kites, hawks, small hawks, small eagles and other raptors, all of them are of good breed, after training, as long as they are put from the building to the field Here, nothing will be spared.A little further past is the hound room, the side of the hound room near the big garden.

All the halls, rooms and bedrooms in the building are hung with different tapestries according to the different seasons of the year.The floor was covered with a green carpet.The blankets are all embroidered.In each bedroom there was a mirror of glass blocks, rimmed in red gold and inlaid with pearls, so tall that the whole body could be seen in the mirror.At the entrance of the living room of the female dormitory, there is a beauty room and a barber room. When male guests come to visit, they can have their hair cut and plastic surgery here.Every morning, the beauty room provides rose perfume, orange blossom perfume and angel perfume in the female dormitory, and each room also has a precious perfume bottle for evaporating various spices.

① Sarmatians: ancient Scandinavian and Prussian peoples. ② The glass brick mirror and the large mirror that can see the whole body are both great and valuable items at that time. ③ Myrrh perfume, "angel perfume" is used to describe its preciousness.