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tentiary, of Macedonia and the lower parts of 

 Albania from Berat) whom we saw, has since 

 been removed, the appointment being only for a 

 certain period. He is now governor of Candia. 

 He appeared to be about thirty-six years old, 

 a good-looking man, and wearing a long black 

 beard. He has a remarkably clear and intelligent 

 eye, with a very bland and extremely prepossess- 

 ing expression of countenance, which, I under- 

 stand, exactly corresponds with his character. It 

 is acknowledged by all that he is a very superior 

 man, and better educated than Turks are gene- 

 rally. I observed, during our interview with him, 

 that although he did not converse in French, yet 

 that he understood what I said in that language 

 to the interpreter. He received us very gra- 

 ciously, and requested us to visit him again be- 

 fore our departure. 



On our first visit he was in a Turkish room, 

 very large, veiy cold, and without a fire, sitting 

 crouched in Eastern fashion on a divan, on 

 which he made us sit close to him. We had 

 pipes and coffee, and he entered into a long 

 conversation with us. The second time we saw 

 him he received us in a room fitted up with Eu- 



