THE 



EDINBURGH NEW 

 PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. 



RemarTis on the Scenery, Antiquities, Population, Agriculture^ 

 and Commerce of Ceiitral European Turkey. By Dr A. 

 Boue'. Communicated by the Author in a Letter to the 

 Editor. (Concluded from page 131.) 



Part 2. — Population, Agriculture, and Commerce. 



The Population of the Turkish Empire seems to be greater 

 than is generally supposed ; but it is very difficult to obtain 

 correct information concerning it, as the Turks only know the 

 number of those men who pay the Karatsch, and are apt to 

 regard any inquiries on the subject with anger or suspicion. 

 In hke manner, the Christians keep no register of their births 

 and deaths, and only know the number of Christian families in 

 any town or village. Besides, the Turks dislike to appear so 

 few among so many Christians, and these latter are inclined to 

 make the number of the Turks appear as small as possible. 

 In Turkey they always talk of the number of houses, but this 

 does not give sufficient data for ascertaining how many families 

 there are ; for very many persons have two or even three 

 houses in the same court or garden, one of which is generally 

 set apart for the use of strangers. It therefore becomes neces- 

 sary to ascertain if each house contains a family, before we can 

 think of calculating at the rate of a certain number, say four 

 or five persons, for each house. 



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