248 Dr Boue on the Population, Agriculture, and Commerce 



fact confirmed to me by the bankers in Vienna who trade with 

 Turkey. This person was living in a small house, the walls of 

 which were so bad that they could have been easily knocked 

 down by a hammer, and yet his money-chest was perfectly se- 

 cure. The trade of Turkey seems to be always in favour of 

 this rich country. The chief exports are cotton, some silk and 

 a great quantity of wool, leather or skins, oil of various kinds, 

 and leeches.* For the home market they manufacture woollen 

 and cotton cloth, silk and cotton stuffs, carpets, shawls, and 

 some coarse iron instruments, made at Egri Palanka, Vrana, 

 and Somakov : at which latter place there is a manufactory of 

 iron balls. They receive from foreign countries aU their paper, 

 earthenware and a small quantity of porcelain, glass, a great 

 variety of iron articles even of the coarser kind, such as sickles, 

 &c., a great quantity of dyed woollen, cotton and silk stuffs, 

 watches, musical boxes, andvarious kinds of musical instruments. 

 The Turkish trade seems to be chiefly enjoyed by the Aus- 

 trians and English : French goods are scarcely seen at a distance 

 from the maritime districts ; but there the higher orders are for 

 the most part suppUed from France with articles for the toilette. 

 I am surprised that no one has yet tried to export the best 

 qualities of red wines, which seem admirably adapted to the 

 English and nortliern taste. In the country a bottle of wine 

 costs only two or three sous (French) ; and it has no taste of 

 goat skins like the common Greek and Spanish wines. At 

 Samos there is an excellent Muscat wine, which costs only five 

 sous per bottle at Salonichi. 



Although Turkey possesses no gold mines, yet mines of 

 silver, lead, and iron are known and worked. Bosnia seems to 

 be particularly rich in this respect, and I may give as ex- 

 amples Szerbonik, Maidan, Brunzoni and Bosna Serai. But, 

 in order to derive proper advantage from these resources, well 

 educated miners should be appointed to each mine ; and some 

 of the mines should be taken under the control of government, 



" The trade in leeches is already extended to Asia JMinor ; and at Semlin, 

 vehicles are always ready to convey them onwards. The leeches from Bos- 

 nia and Albania are sent to Trieste or Italy ; and the marshes in which they 

 are found are let at an annual rent. 



