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conversation ensued, in which the general, 
having thie plan before him, told his high- 
ness, among other particulars, that the earth 
was round. This information caused no 
stall degree of surprise to the Turkish mi- 
mister; and, it appeared, by his reply, that 
the was disposed to doubt’ the truth of the 
‘assertion. <¢ If,” he observed, ** the earth 
js round, how can the people, and other 
“detached objects on the half beneath, be pre- 
vented from falling off?” When he was 
‘told that the earth revolved round the sun, 
he displayed*an equal degree of scepticism, 
observing, that if that was the case, the ships 
‘bound from Jafla to Constantinople, in- 
“stead of proceeding to that capital, would 
‘be carried to London, or elsewhere. So 
much for the astronomical and geographical 
‘knowledge of a Turkish statesman !” 
» But however the Grand Vizier may 
be deficient in the sciences, there have 
been worse statesmen than he in Eng- 
Jand. In speaking of the convention of 
“EI! Arish, he compared the English mi- 
nistry to a physician, who, having given 
to 
-which he was relieved, administered 
to him an after dose, which rendered 
him worse than he was at first. Among 
the many errors of that miserable m- 
nistry, this indeed stands conspicuous. 
—Had General Kleber appeared in 
France, Bonaparte would probably 
have sunk into ignontiny and contempt, 
under the accusation of a brave, and 
honest, and able man. 
Here, says the author, my narrative 
is about to take a new turn. Advisit 
to Jerusalem, and other parts of the 
holy land, had been for some time pro- 
jected, and the state of inaction in which 
“we found ourselves at this juncture, 
‘prompted us to gratify our ardent eu- 
*riosity by the accomplishment of such a 
“joarney. “That Dr. Wittman did visit 
‘Jerusalem, there’is no reason'to doubt; 
- but his descriptions are taken) atid his 
‘measurements copied, from Matindrel, 
“without aR aac or reference 
Y6.thar atithor: ~~ *? F 
. “A Scotch renegado, by name Musta- 
“pha alias Campbeil; was in the Turkish 
army, as. Cumbaragi Bashi or general. 
‘of bombardiers? = =" 
«© An implicit confidence having been 
reposed in his talents and ficelitys he was, 
in his early career, entrusted with the super- 
Sigtendance and construction of the military 
works in the Turkish empire, several of 
which, executed under his direction, are 
still in existence. At the time of this.wi- 
sit to the. Turkish camp, he was between 
secventyland eighty: years of a; €, and appear- 
et to be weal informed, aad to have xeetived 
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 
is patient a dose of medicine by. 
a polished education. He had bee 
edly attacked by the plague, relative to which 
disease he commmnicated to mea singular 
fact that had come within his knowledge. 
A female Circassian slave of great 
was attacked by the plague, and sunk under 
the complaint ; while her master, who had 
still continued an intercourse with her dur- 
ing her illness, escaped the infection. From 
this and other similar cases which hare 
been recited to me, it would appear, that a 
certain susceptibility is necessary ‘to the res 
ception of the disease, or, in other words, 
that its contagious action ‘is resisted by 
a certain state and condition of the body, 
Could this particular state of the tempera- 
ment be so well ascertamed as to be pro» 
duced by the meatus of art, the contagion 
might be effeetually resisied, and its dele- 
terious efects completely prevented. IT ma: 
‘haps be thought teo sanguine when 
indulge in a hope, that this discovery, so es- 
sential to the happiness of mankind, or some 
other of paramount elitcacy, will one day be 
brought to light.” 
The gravity with which Dr. Witt- 
man infers, from this horrid and dis- 
graceful fact, a conclusion which every 
country apothecary knows will apply to 
every infectious disease, is truly wonder- 
ful. his clreumcised Scotchman re- 
minds us of a singular circumstance, 
which we know to be true. A trades- 
man in a town of Berkshire, finding that 
his affairs declined from bad to worse, 
determined to forsake his country, and 
turn Turk upon speculation. He com- 
municated his intention to his wife, took 
leave of her and sent her home to her 
friends, and sailed for Constantinople 
and put his design in execution, His 
wife, or rather widow, received one let- 
ter from him after some few years, to 
say that he was doing well in the world, 
and had got three wives besides slaves 
in his harem. 
From Jaffa Dr. Wittman proceeded, 
with the Turkish army, to El Arish, 
crossing the desert ; and thence, on the 
success of the English, advanéed_ into 
Egypt. The account of the places which 
they passed on the march, has been 
helped out from Sandys. In his de- 
scription of the mage, some circum. 
stances are mentioned which were new 
to us. v 
«© Tt presents the distant appearance of 
water with such an air of truth and reality, 
that the shadows of the camels who were in 
advance, seemed to be reflected on the appa- 
rent watery surface. To give a more ¢x- 
traordinary effect to the iJlusion, the bodias 
of these animals appeared tobe narrowed 
and, elongated upwards, so as gic grep 
reés, the 
‘the “appearance of trunks ‘© 
