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valuable information concerning them from various 

 sources. Among these, perhaps, the most respec- 

 table are the accounts of Peyssonelle, Sestini, 

 Guys, and Toderini; the travels of Baron De 

 ToTT, Demo, STEPiiENOPOLi,BoscoviCH,anclScRO- 

 FANi; to which may be added, as in a certain view 

 worthy of attention, those of Lady Montague, 

 Lady Craven, and Mr. Dallaavay. But pro- 

 bably the most full and satisfactory account of this 

 portion of the globe, to be found in any one work, 

 is comprised in the Survey of Turkey^ by Mr. 

 Eton. From these sources a tolerable idea may 

 be formed, not only of the geography, strictly speak- 

 ing, but also of the manners, arts, literature, and 

 general condition of that degraded country. 



Besides the travellers above mentioned, who 

 have explored the interior of countries before little 

 known, the last century is remarkable for having 

 produced an unprecedented number of that species 

 of works denominated Tr avals ^ Tours ^ ^nd Joiamies 

 into parts of the world before generally known, and 

 frequently visited. To attempt an enumeration of 

 these would far exceed the limits of the present 

 sketch; and to select a small portion out of the 

 immense number, would almost necessarily in- 

 volve some injustice to the rest. Though these 

 travellers have added little to the stock of geogra- 

 phical knowledge, properly so called, they have 

 thrown much light on the manners and customs 

 of various nations; they have made the literati of 

 diiferent countries better acquainted with each 

 other, and many of them abound with pictures of 

 human nature at once lively, just, new, and highly 

 interesting. Perhaps, indeed, this characteristic 

 of modern travels deserves to be mentioned as, in 

 some degree, peculiar to the last age. That there 

 is a philosophic cast, an attention to the different 

 shades of human character, and an aspect of 



