Vol. III. MifielUm^ Curiofa, 



An account of the City of Prufa in 

 Byth)^nia^ and a continuation of 

 the Hiftorical Ohfervattons rela^ 

 ting to Conftantinople^ i>y the 

 Reverend and learned Thomas 

 Smith "D.T). feUow of Magd; 

 Coll. Oxon. and of the ^0'^^{ 

 Society, 



MOntanein formerly called Nico foils accor-? 

 ding to Bellonius^ or rather Cios^ the 

 bay hence called Sinus Cianus^ lies in the bot-» 

 torn of a Bay about Fourfcore miles from Con'- 

 fiantinofU^ and the Scale or Landing-place 

 for Frufa^ from which it may be about twelve 

 miles in the middle way to which is the 

 Village Moujfanpoula. 



Prufa^ now called by the Turkj Burfia^ the 

 chief City of Bithynia^, is feated at the foot 

 partly^and partly upon the rifing of the mount 

 Olymfm^ which is one of the higheft Hills of 

 the lefler Afia. Its top is covered with Snovy 

 for nine or ten Months of the Yeai^, feveral 

 ftreams of Water flowing down the Hill con- 

 tinually, accounted very iinwholefome from 

 the Snow mixed with it. In the upper part 

 of the City to the North weft lies the Seraglio^ 

 which is walled round ^ but the Emperors not 



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