GENERAL TABLE 



OF 



CONTENTS. 



Preliminary Dissertation. — The Causes of the Weakness and Decline of 

 the Turkisli Monarchy; and some Remarks on the System of Govern- 

 ment pursued in the European and Asiatic Provinces of the Empire, 

 by the Editor ------ Page 1 



I. Note respecting the Massacre of the Mamelukes by the Turks, in the 



year 1811 - - - - - - - S2 



II. Account of a Journey through the District of Maina in the Morea ; 



communicated by Mr. Morritt - - . - 33 



Boundaries of Maina. — Calamata Ruins of Ancient Baths. Thiiria. 



Government of Maina. — Manners of the People. — Cardamyle. — Jllzdo. The 



Ancient Gythiiim. 



III. Remarks illustrating Part of the preceding Journal ; from the Papers of 



the late Dr. Sibthorp - - - - - - 60 



Fertility ofMesseiiia. — The Festival of the Paschal Lamb. — Produce of the Dis- 

 trict ofKutchik Maina. — Silk, Cotton, Indian Corn, Millet. — Caprifcation. Use 



of the Euphorbia Apios. — Mount Taijgetus. — Plants observed during the Journey. 



IV. Parnassus, and the neighbouring District ; from the Manuscripts of the 



late Dr. Sibthorp - - - - . - 64 



Village of Condoura. — Cithceron ThespifV. — Livadea. — Fishes in the Her- 



cyna. — Grotto of Trophonius. — Asce?it of Parriassus. — Ruins of Delphi. Mo- 

 nastery of St. Luke. — Excursion to the Islands Didascalo and Ambelia, in 

 the Sea of Corinth. 



V. Observations on Natural History relating to Parts of Greece, and the 



Island of Cyprus ; from the Same - - . - 73 



Domestic and Wild Animals, and Birds of Greece. — Quadrupeds, Birds, and 

 Fishes of Cyprus. 



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