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he would give me nothing but a bill of exchange 

 for the whole amount on either of those places. 

 Of this I might be robbed on the road, or the 

 worthy money-changer might break in the mean- 

 time, so I was obliged to abandon my letter of 

 credit, and trust to the good-nature of persons who 

 knew me to be an honest man, to change a bill of 

 my own. We required, however, very little monev, 

 because the expense of travelling in Albania is 

 very trifling ; indeed, whilst on the road, three 

 dollars a day would cover all expenses, although 

 in the towns it would cost more. My whole three 

 months' cruize came to somewhat less than eighty 

 pounds. 



I chanced one day, during my stay at Janina, to 

 see a Turkish regiment under arms at drill. They 

 manoeuvred three deep, and really acquitted 

 themselves very tolerably, considering they are 

 little better than recruits, and that their officers 

 are not the most intelligent in the world. They 

 were slow in their movements, but seemed to have 

 a very fair idea of what they ought to do. Their 

 clothing and general equipment, like all Turkish 

 troops, was very unsightly, and as bad as can 

 be imagined. 



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