368 Antiquities. 



hv way of supplement, as in the almanac of Licoje, the 

 days for blecdlno", tiikinir physic, applvniy: cupping-glasses, 

 iicc. ~ 



This innovation may appear to the Europeans of very 

 lillle importance ; bnt it displays boldness in the Turkish 

 government, which wishes by these means to sound the 

 sentiments of the people, who dislike every novelty. It 

 has completely succeeded : the copyists only are allowed to 

 murmur; but the ludigent devotee is very glad to procure 

 his almanac cheaper. Government have taken advantage of 

 this good disposition, and calendars for the whole year arc 

 now printed. If anv philosopher should smile at the ho- 

 nourable mention which I here make of the first fruits of 

 tlic Turkish typography, let him only consult the list of the 

 hrst works printed in Germany by Guttcmberg and his as- 

 sociates, and at Paris by Ulric Gering, v/ho was invited 

 thither by the Sorbonne. Other productions, which do 

 more honour to the choice of Abdorahman-Efiendi, might 

 be mentioned : such as the Annals of the Reign of Abdul- 

 Kamct, which are in the press, and Fadcn's Atlas, which he 

 caused to been graved and printed last summer. The impres- 

 sion and engraving indeed ?a-e inferior to those of the maps 

 of Ibrahim-EtTcndi, published in the last century;, but 

 geographical knowledge is not w-anting at Constantinople; 

 and maior Renncl has obtained from it\erv valuable infor- 

 mation for the two large maps of Asia, ou which he has 

 been employed these two years. 



ANTiaUITIES. 



Ill digging the canal of Aiguemortes at Bcaucaire, tomb?, 

 earthen vases, and copper .rings of great antiquity have 

 been discovered. These tombs, which arc at the distance 

 of about fifteen hundred toises from the present course of 

 the Rhone, consist of large chambers of uncut stones placed 

 vertically, joined to each other without cement or mortar, 

 and covered with stones of the same form. Some of thcni 

 contain human boucs, in such good preservation that the 

 ftructure of them, with their different laminte, caif be 

 easily distinguished. In some others were four.d earthen 

 vessels glazed and unglazed, with four handles, in the form 

 of cinerar)' urns. There were found also some amphora-, 

 which v;erc employed by the anlients for liolding wine and 

 for other purposes. These amphoric contained copper 

 rings, or bracelets, which the anticuls, and parlicularty 

 the Gauls, wore on their arms. 



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