GENERAL TABLE 



OF 



CONTENTS. 



Preliminary Dissertation. — The Causes of the Weakness and Decline of 

 the Turkish Monarchy ; and some Remarks on the System of Govern- 

 ment pursued in the European and Asiatic Provinces of the Empire, 

 by the Editor - Page 1 



I. Note respecting the Massacre of the Mamelukes by the Turks, in the 



year 1811 - - - - - - - 32 



II. Account of a Journey through the District of Maina in the Morea ; 



communicated by Mr. Morritt - - - 33 



Boundaries of Maina. — Calamata. — Ruins of Ancient Baths. — Thuria. — 

 Government of Maina. — Manners of the People. — Cardamyle. — Vitulo. — The 

 Ancient Gythium. 



III. Remarks illustrating Part of the preceding Journal ; from the Papers of 



the late Dr. Sibthorp - - - - - 60 



Fertility of Messenia. — The Festival of the Paschal Lamb. — Produce of the Dis- 

 trict ofKutchuk Maina. — Silk, Cotton, Indian Com, Millet. — Caprification. — Use 

 of the Euphorbia Apios. — Mount Taygetus. — Plants observed during the Journey. 



IV. Parnassus, and the neighbouring District ; from the Manuscripts of the 



late Dr. Sibthorp - - - - - - 64 



Village of Condoura. — Cith&ron. — Thespice. — Livadea. — Fishes in the Her- 

 cyna. — Grotto of Trophonius. — Ascent of Parnassus. — Ruins of Delphi. — Mo- 

 nastery of St. Luke. — Excursion to the Islands Didascalo and Ambelia, in 

 the Sea of Corinth. 



Y. Observations on Natural History relating to Parts of Greece, and the 

 Island of Cyprus ; from the Same - - - -73 



Domestic and Wild Animals, and Birds of Greece. — Quadrupeds, Bi?ds, and 

 Fishes of Cyprus. 



