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Unfortunately too perpendicular, which is a radical 
defect, and will prevent its long duration. The water 
is conveyed from the bents to Constantinople by con- 
duits under ground, and by aqueducts more or less 
handsome. 
The aqueduct of Justinian, situated in a Greek vil- 
lage called Pirgos, has three rows of arches one upon 
the other, built of common marble, but its construc- 
tion shows the imperfection of the arts at the period 
of its elevation: the arches are very narrow, and un- 
equal in height and breadth, and of a very faulty pro- 
jection. 
At a short distance is the aqueduct built by the 
sultan Soliman Canouni, but I only saw it from afar. 
There is a third aqueduct constructed by the 
Greeks, a little above Pirgos. The boldness of its 
arches, and the beauty of its construction, still attests 
the superiority of the arts in the first period, over 
those in the second; but this fine monument, neglect- 
ed for so many ages, is beginning to decay at its up- 
per part. 
I went in the last place, to see a fourth aqueduct 
constructed by the Turks in modern times, facing the 
Bosphorus at a short distance from Bouyoukdere; the 
arches are similar to those of Justinian's aqueduct, 
but they have more regularity. 
These aqueducts form angles with the windings of 
the mountains, where conduits are placed under 
ground, at those places which admit of them. 
The canton of Belgrade is composed of low moun- 
tains crowned with superb woods of spreading trees, 
which extend to a great distance, and abound, it is 
said, with game and fallow deer. 
The character of the Turks is serious, and even 
