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In the mean time we fent our Spahi's to the Commander of tbpfe Tirmt 

 to tell them, we would not ftir 'till they were gone, and that being 

 Souldiers as they were, they could not hope for any booty from us 

 The Commander anfwer'd , that he had divided his men in that manner 

 only to do us Honour - but hncc we defir'd they fhould be gone thev 

 requeued usbuttoknd them a little Tobacco. A boon which we rea 

 dily granted them , and fo we pals'd on. 



We came to ^idrianople the three and twentieth day after we r*, 

 ted (mm.BelgraJe ^idriampk takes its name from the Emoern ™ 

 o^», being formerly call'd Oreftes lt is pIeafawl tJSSSS 

 mouth of three R.vers that throw themlelves into ibe^ck&S 

 The old Town is not very big, but the Turks dayly enlarge the €' 

 burbs being a place which the Grand Sig*m very much deligl jnfo r 

 andHetr " ff H * w,i,n S> Specially at the wdd I Duck 



The fifth day after we departed from ^idr i ample , and the fortv 

 fecond after we departed from Vienna, we hanoil/arrivM Jr a y 

 n m ple and croffiifg through the Cit SflTiC JSSSS 

 Ambafiador-s Houfe. While we ftay'd there to winter * m d f 

 finall Voyage to the to«,, to- the Ruins of 7>er, where we be 

 held nothing but Stones , not worth the while of going fo LTo £T 

 Another day we took three Barks and Sail'd to CalcL, , g tn ° at he u n ' 

 the Sea. There is in it a very ancient Church • and thev ihcJj P ? 

 Room where the Council was held, with the fame Ch J ^ , - 

 were then made ufe of. Now it is only a Mo, afterv w Z Wh ' Ch 

 Bilhops after they had W us what 4 »ulTSfoS*Sg 



Then we went to view Pompefs Pillar at the ,-nnnt-k r u 

 Sea, Concerning the Channel of which Se I muft m l * %* 

 fcrvation, that though there be no part of \ , sfa bt ,- 

 Current, yet this has two quite contrary one to another tH 

 part next to Europe carries the Veffel to the%/°/sea .'J 1 ^ 

 next y[u brings it back again to the ^edLZnean' S ^ 

 you have no more to do but to crofs over fiom^S^g 



voya h i7 ; n ^S,r ' S2ijg <it;r pur , fu ' d thei < 



in my* head, ftay'd at c*Jl^%™ 7 g^^^ ™**r deT^n 



which the people told me from Month to MoK^coL^n. T" ' 



then ignorant , and did not underftand that everv veL tiw! g ' I T* 



or fix Caravans that went from Burfa. Befides \L ft < WerC - fi T e 



or ten Merchants travelling together? might ™ f °? etlmes /'g»t 



Which ignorance of mine mfde me ftay'lo^f r ,h!n llnZ f'T 



length, after I had continu'd eleven Month fncZlZZ r P 



parted with a fair and numerous Caravan fo r JL£f * Sjf ' J d , c ' 



firft time I travell'd into ^fia. After that I SdtZ' lu W , as t,le 



I had time better to underftand th O K^rf t e ° thers >. w '^n 



the Genius of the People. The three laft dne I Co ™»™j and ' 



g«, to the Ifland of %va ; fo thai fo th ' fo* Tf bey °" d C '* 



have travell'd above fixty thoufand Leagued by land CY ^ ' l 



ning but once into Eunpe by Sea. a! thus in S r^? '""'' 



and by travelling diffete/t Ro'ads, I ^ZZ^fVvZ^l 



opportunity* 

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