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known British tourist, in that country, furnish the 

 reader with much instruction and entertainment. 

 But probably tlie most complete and satisfactory 

 accounts of Russia now extant are to be found in 

 the Physical, Moral, Civil, and Political History 

 of Russia, ancient and modern, by M. le Clerc ; \\x 

 the Description of all the Nations in the Russian 

 Empire, by M. Georgi ; and, lastly, in the Vieic of 

 the Russian Empire, by Mr. Tooke, 



Concerning Turkey in Europe^ the progress of 

 otir knowledge has been slower and less interesting. 

 It still remains, in a great measure, among the un- 

 known parts of the earth. But there is little ground 

 to regret our ignorance of it, since there seems 

 abundant reason to conclude that it presents but 

 i&N grand or pleasing objects to the inquiring mind. 

 Fixed as it were in a state of intellectual and moral 

 congelation, its inhabitants ofler nothuig.to interest, 

 or to instruct, save an example of evils to be ab- 

 horred and avoided. Such, however, as they and 

 their country are, we have derived some vahiable 

 information concerning them from various sources. 

 Among these, perhaps the most respectable are the 

 accounts of Peyssonelle, Sestini, Guys, and Tode^ 

 rini ; and the travels of Chandler, baron de Tott, 

 Demo, Stephenopoli, Boscovich, Scrofani, d'Ohs- 

 sohn, and Olivier ; to v* hich may be added, as in a 

 certain view worthy of attention, those of lady 

 Montague, lady Craven, and Mr. Dallawa3^ But 

 probably 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 l^e formed, not only of the geography, strictly 



