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stay here until the next day, notwithstanding the great 
desire I had to hasten my arrival. 
Monday , 19th October. 
It was half past six in the morning when we set out. 
Our march was directed to the N. and N.N. W. across 
the mountains. We afterwards proceeded during some 
time along the crest of a mountain, from whence we 
descended by a long hill into a narrow and deep valley 
intersected by a river which we crossed by a bridge, 
and entered Vezirkhan at a quarter past eleven. 
Vezirkhan is a village almost entirely composed of 
Christian Greeks, upon the left bank of the river, and 
not upon the right as the maps show. 
After a few minutes repose, we set out in the same 
direction as before, across gardens and plantations of 
the white mulberry tree, which cover the valley. We 
were subsequently obliged to ascend and descend a lofty 
mountain, at the foot of which the road turns almost to 
the west. At a quarter past two we arrived at Lef kie, a 
village situated at the bottom of a valley. 
A little after sun-set, an officer of Mehemed Ali, 
Pacha of Egypt, arrived; he was the bearer to govern- 
ment of the news of the retreat of the English. He 
came to see me, and I scolded my Tartars severely in 
his presence, for they reckoned on being four days 
longer upon the road to Constantinople, and I obtained 
a promise that I should arrive there in two days. 
Tuesday, 20th October. 
That they might keep their word we set out at three 
o'clock in the morning, towards the W.N.W. We 
crossed a bridge over the river, which is only half an 
hour's ride from the village, and arrived at the foot of 
