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TRAVELS 
IN AFRICA, 
CHAP. XXIV. 
OBSERVATIONS AT ALEPPO. 
Sherifs and yanizaries — -ManiifaSiures and commerce-— 'parries 
— Price of provifions — New feSl — Journey to Antioch — Dc' 
fcr'iption of antient Seleucia — Return to Aleppo. 
The country adjacent to Aleppo is broken with many inequa- 
lities, and even the city ftands partly on high and partly on 
low ground. A fmall river, called Co'ik, defcends from Aintah^ 
and, after paffing through the city, is loft in a marfh on the 
Weft. 
So many defcriptions of this famous capital having appeared, 
I fhall only offer a few remarks on fuch objeds as ftruck me 
during my refidence there. 
The fite is rocky, and the few gardens chiefly produce pifta- 
chios. The city is well built, and paved with ftone. The tall 
Cyprus trees, contrafted with the white minarets of numerous 
mofques, give it a moft pidurefque appearance. The population 
and buildings feem to be on the increafe ; but this affords no- 
proof of public felicity ; for, in proportion as the capital fwells, 
the 
