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December 7th, fet out from Koflabec three hours before 
fun-rife, and did not reach Tourbali till about one in the after- 
noon. The general face of the country is a rocky foreft of 
pines and oaks. We kept moftly in the valley, till half pafl: 
nine in the evening, when we afcended a very high mountain, 
which we alfo in part defcended before we reached Tourbali. 
Several fmall ftreams defcend boih to the North and the South ; 
one in particular, forming the river that runs by Angora. 
This part of Mount Olympus muft in courfe be very high. 
T found grapes in almofl: all the towns, after leaving Angora, 
but thofe of Teracli were the beft I had feen fnice leaving Da-r 
mafcus ; they are white, and of a fine flavour, and fome of 
them of very large fize. 
December 5th, after pafling Yeywa, came to a long well-built 
bridge over the confiderable and rapid river, which difembogues 
into the Black fea, called Sakar'ia: a long bridge leads over the 
marfliy lands to Ifmit^a. large town, extended in length, built on 
the fide of a hill to the eaft of the plain. The mountains near 
it are lofty, and become vifible long before one arrives there. 
Ifmit is paved, but dirty, and built of wood. Moft of the 
houfes have a garden attached to them. The khan is neat, but 
not very large — Few remains of antiquity. A great number of 
Greeks refides here. 
On the 7th left Ifmit, and after paffing along the fhore to Scu- 
tari, where we arrived in the morning of the 9th, proceeded 
immediately to Conftantinople. 
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