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to acquaint him with any Exaftion or Injury 

 ofFer'd us, his Mouth was quickly ftopM, and 

 he grew To fenfibleof his Error, that he fent 

 to excufe it, and prefented our Treafurer 

 with a Fan of Black Oftrich Feathers; and 

 not only fb, but in the Morning came him- 

 felf, and begging Pardon, defired nothing 

 might be be faid of what had paft, and fb 

 co|idufted us about an Hour on our way. This 

 Village pays to AJfyne fifteen hundreed Dol- 

 lars fer Annum. 



ottoher the loth. Continuing our Voyage 

 Jlill to the N. E. or fomething more Eafterly, 

 We found it another pleafant and ealie Stage 

 to another Village call'd Ttehe^ fo called (as 

 they fay) from the goodnefs of the Water, 

 the Word fignifying^t?^?^ ; But we found thtvx 

 not fo over excellent \ they had the Taft, 

 and were doubtlefs tinftured with the fame 

 Mineral, with thole of Soukney and Tadmor^ 

 though not fb ftrong. But the Village it felf 

 made a better Shew than ufual j and the Peo- 

 ple appeared of fomething better Fafliion, 

 and more civiliz'd, than thofe we had left. 

 It's pleafantly iituated, ajad makes a good ap- 

 pearance as one comes up to it ^ the Profped 

 being helped by a well built Steeple, to which 

 is now adjoyned their Mofch : But I am apt 

 to believe it the remains of a Chriftian 

 Church, being built with more Art and Beau- 

 ty than you lhaU eafily find in Turkifh Fa- 

 bricks : And there are alfo fereral Ruins 

 bout it, which fpeak it to have been a more 

 famous Place than now it is. Into the Mofch 

 we were permitted to enter, without any Di- 

 fturbaace* This Village lies^ in one of the 



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