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CHAPTER VI. 



MODE OF TRAVELLING — POST HORSES — TATARS — ALI PASHA — 



MEZZOVO KHAN OF ZIGOS PINDUS — DESCENT ASSURANCE 



THE BEST PASSPORT RIVER PENEUS REFLECTIONS ON AL- 

 BANIA GENERALLY DECLINE OF OTTOMAN POWER POLICY 



OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



After a rest of two days, we continued our 

 journey. If I were to attempt to describe our 

 road minutely, and the country through which wo 

 passed, I should, I fear, much weary my reader 

 with a needless repetition, the whole route being 

 a constant succession of the most magnificent 

 views, and the most grand, bold, and stupendous 

 scenery that can be imagined. At one spot in 

 particular, six hours after leaving Janina, where, 

 from the top of a mountain, we came unexpectedly 

 upon a view of the town and lake, apparently a 

 very short distance beneath us, I do not think I 

 was ever more astounded. It far surpasses, in 

 my estimation, the first burst of Brigg, on coming 

 over the Simplon from the Italian side. 



