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2 Vols. 8vo. pp. 900. 
WE notice the third edition of Mr. 
Hunter’s ‘l'ravels, because it embraces an 
account, which is now for the first time 
presented to the public, of “several 
tours in Hungary.” The cursory glance 
which we have now taken of those let- 
ters, which we read when they were 
ublished some six or seven years since, 
his confitmed the opinion which we re- 
collect having entertained of them at 
that time: they are amusing, but not 
very pregnant of valuable or interesting 
information. 
describes agreeably, and, we doubt not, 
faithfully ; but he did not see much. 
He trots through France as if he were in 
a hurry to get out of it, and when de- 
tained any where a day longer than he 
calculated upon, seems to grudge the 
time. A very faithful diary is kept of 
the state of the roads, carriages, horses, 
inns, &c. ; but Mr. Hunter forgets that 
his list of petty grievances, surly postil- 
lions, slow-footed horses, bad dinners, 
and filthy beds, however interesting it 
might be in a private journal for the pe- 
rusal cf a beloved sister, is excessively 
tiresome to us, who cannot reasonably 
be supposed to feel so acutely all that 
concerned his personal accommoda- 
tion, 
As these letters appeared first in order 
of time, it is hardly fair, perhaps, to say 
that the accounts which we have recent- 
ly received from Sonnini, Olivier, Eton, 
and Dallaway, concerning the state of 
the Turkish empire, its inhabitants, its 
preducts, policy, commerce, &c. &c.. 
very much depreciate the value of what 
we find here; but Lady Mary Wortley 
Montague’s letters were published before » 
these, and a great part of the forma. 
tion given here, particularly as to the 
manners of the Turks, is communicated 
in a much more minute, as well as more 
interesting manner, by that fascinating 
writer. 
Mr. Hunter does not appear to be a 
man of science ; we have nota tittle con- 
cerning the natural history of any coun- 
try he visits, nor are his reflections upon 
any subject usually very philosophic or 
profound. At Galatz Mr. Hunter dined 
with’ the governor, a good-natured but 
a dull man; this gives our traveller an 
opportunity of remarking, that good- 
nature without good-sense “ has but few 
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 
Art. XIV. Travels through France, Turkey, and Hungary to Vienna, im 1792. To which ; 
are added several Tours in Hungary, in 1799 and 1800 ; in a Series of Letters to his 
Sister in England. By Witttam Hunter, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Third Edition. 
What Mr. Hunter saw he 
“the former part, is, on the whole, a fine .- 
preductive and valuable, 
attractions !”’ the reasons why are not for- 
gotten to be added. ‘The Greeks at Ga- 
latz are fond of dancing, and we are 
gravely told that “ gaiety is an enviable 
possession ;” that “the song and the 
dance can, whilst they last, erase from the 
tablet of recollection the galling cha ns of 
power, or the vexatious fyrazny of ava- 
rice.’ Mr. Hunter plays at cards some- 
where with a man who cheats him—we 
have a long dull lecture upon honesty ! 
He is compelled to pass the night in a 
field near a village called Palamont, the 
inhabitants of which refused him accom- 
modation; in parts it was an absolute 
marsh, and the croaking of the frogs 
disturbed the repose of our traveller, 
who tells us, that he “was wishing for 
an army of Frenchmen to demolish these 
execrable musicians !” Such silly frivo- 
lous remarks as these meet the eye but 
too often.. The filth and stench of the 
Turkish villages and huts, prove to Mr. 
Hunter ‘ how entirely man is the ¢rea- 
ture of habit ;”’ and he might surely have © 
added “ of necessity.” “3 
Mr. Hunter proceeds to observe, that ~ 
“the elegancies of life do not make us_ 
happier ! many of its conveniences may — 
be cheerfully dispensed with; but there _ 
are comforts which we absolutely ree. . 
quire, and which seem to be interwoven 
with the very existence of rational enjoy-. 
ment.” ‘The first remark, that thevele- © 
gancies of life do not make us happier, 
is not true, and at any rate does no great 
credit to the delicacy and refinement af:: 
Mr. Hunter’s taste: the latter is one of.: 
those vulgarcommon-place truismswhich ' 
so frequently offend us in the perusal of +: 
these pages. 4) %o nol 
But it is time that we should proceed : 
to the “ tours in Hungary,” and collect. : 
the scanty information concerning that ° 
country which Mr. Hunter has afforded. : 
Hungary, we had already been told in. + 
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country; the climate being, good, and 
the soil fertile... It produces wine, corn, 
and all kinds of vegetables in abundance, 
and in great perfection. Game and wild 
fowl are plentiful, and the breed of oxen, 
horses, and sheep is much esteemed: in 
the mountains there are rich and exten, 
sive mines of gold, silver, lead, and other. . 
metals ; and the salt. mines are highly .. 
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