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even weak, as it is in Gonjunifiiion with the Pope’s Gal- 
lies, thofe of other Italian Princes, and the Naval 
Power of the Knights of Malta^ it would be very ca- 
pable of giving Difturbance to the lurks^ and of mak- 
ing a formidable Diverfion in Favour of fuch a Con- 
federacy. 
This is very far from being a mere empty Scheme or 
vifionary Projeft, for moft certainly, if thefe Powers 
were to conlider their own Interefts, they would find it 
much eafier to gratify their Ambition in its full Extent 
by attacking the Thrij, than by injuring each other, 
fince the Provinces depending upon that Empire, which 
by fuch a Confederacy might infallibly be torn away, 
are in every Refpedl more fruitful and more valuable, 
as well as out of Comparifon more extenfive than 
thofe Countries about which they have been for many 
Centuries difputing. Befides, this would change the ge- 
neral Face of Affairs extremely, and open many new 
Branches of Commerce to all the trading Nations in 
Europe, which would make them ample Amends for the 
Lofs of that Profit they make by dealing with the 
I^urks. The Paffage to the Black-Sea would be then 
fet open, and that noble Country which is now ftiled 
Crim-I artary, from being in the Hands of thofe Bar- 
barians, would be inhabited by a civilized and focial 
People, inftead of ferving for a Den of Thieves and 
Murderers, who fubfifl by Rapine, and the Ruin of 
their Fellow-Creatures. 
If once that Spirit of Intrigue could be conjured 
down, which, for two or three Centuries has diftraciled 
^nd difturbed Europe, fuch a Defign as this might be 
eafily brought to bear ; and there is the more Reafon to 
•^wifh it, becaufe it would not only contribute to the 
Glory of the Chriftian Name, but to the common Eafe 
and Benefit of Mankind. It would afford to Sovereigns 
that Satisfaflion which is truly royal, of relieving di- 
ftreffed and injured Nations, and reftoring them to thofe 
Rights of which they were at firft difpoffelfed, and from 
which they have been fo long withheld by barbarous 
and brutal Force. It would recover incredible Num- 
bers of People from an abjefl State of Slavery, to a 
rational and induflrious Way of living, which would 
change the Face of the Countries they inhabit, and 
make them appear once more adorned with all the Ad- 
vantages that Art can procure, from the bountiful Dif- 
pofitions of Nature, not more profufe in any Part of 
the Globe, than in thofe negledted Territories, that 
groan under the Iron Sceptre of the Grand Signior ; 
nor is it to be feared, that the Changes which fuch a 
Revolution would produce, fhould be attended with any 
of thofe fatal Confequences that commonly follow fuch 
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Events ; becaufe inftead of depopulating thefe Countries, 
it would certainly prove the Means of drawing into them* 
prodigious Acceffions of People. 
The V/eaknefs and Nakednefs of the Go- 
vernment would then lufficiently appear, for they would 
be neither able to carry off any Number of their Sub- 
jects from the Countries they loft, nor would they dare 
to treat with the fame Ulage as they now do, the 
Chriftians remaining under their Power, becaufe in Pro- 
portion as that declined, they would be compelled to 
abate of the Infolence that is lupported by it. Nor 
would the Advantages derived from fuch Conquefts be- 
long only to the Powers that made them, tor every 
Part of Europe would feel the Benefits of fuch a Change, 
fince it muft be attended with a vaft Alteration of Man- 
ners, and a free Communication with Countries, that 
are now as much hidden and unknown, as either the 
Northern or the Southern Extremities of the Univerfe. 
Add to all this, chat the apparent and extenfive Pro- 
fits, which muft redound from fuch Expeditions, would 
excite a new Spirit in the Chriftian World, and very 
probably procure frefti Settlements and Plantations in 
more favourable Climates, and at Diftances far left re- 
mote than we are now forced to feek them. 
We fhould then fee the Greek Iflands, that are now 
fo many Defarts, fmile again in all their native Beauty, 
the venerable Remains of Roman and Greek Antiquities 
would be difinterred, and new Structures rife, however 
unequal to them, out of their Ruins. It would be eafy 
to expatiate much further, on fo agreeable and pleafing 
a Theme ; but what I have faid is fufticient to awaken 
the Thoughts of the intelligent Reader, and therefore 
it is high Time that I fhould call off my own, in order 
to refume the Thread of our Narration, and return to 
the Travels from whence I have digreffed. But before 
I do this, give me Leave to declare, that I am tho- 
roughly perfuaded, that this Change is not at a very 
great Diftance, but, that either the prefent or the next 
Generation, will infallibly fee fomething of this kind 
accomplifhed, which in all Probability had been at- 
tempted before this, if the Change in the French Con- 
ftitution, which has brought them to adl upon the Tur^ 
kifh had not called off the Attention of the 
Chriftian Princes, to fet Limits to that all grafping Power, 
which before it is long, will be alfo crufhed by its own 
Weight ; for Struftures raifed by Violence and Fraud, 
have fuch Weakneffes in their Foundations, that they 
cannot fubfift for any Length of Time, but when at 
their greateft Height fink into Deftruftion, by the very 
Means whereby they were raifed. 
SECTION III. 
An Account of feveral of the moft remarkable Cities in Afia^ of various 
Iflands in the Archipelago^ and of Things moft oblervable in them^ 
both with Refpe£f to their ancient and prefent Condition j with Re- 
marks Hiftorical, Phyfical and Geographical. 
Extra(Si:ed chiefly from the Writings of Mr. John Thevenot ; but intermixed with 
Accounts from Wheeler and Le Brun. 
I. A Deferiptton of the City of Burfa, or as fome call it, Prufia, with an Account of the Seraglio’s and 
fombs of the Turkifb Princes in its Neighbourhood, 2. The famous City and Port of Smyrna deferibed. 
3. A curious and copious Defeription of the Camelion, from Wheeler f ravels. 4. A View of the 
ble City of Ephefus, from the Writings of Le Brun. 5, fhe adjacent Country dejeribed, with fome Ac- 
count of the famous River Meander. 6. A curious Defeription of the If and of Chio, of the Mafick 
Irees, and the ftrade arifing from the Sale of that Gum. 7. fhe famous Convent 0/ Niamoni, one of 
the bef belonging to the Greek?, defer tbed. 8. Of the chief City of the If and of Chio, which bears the 
fatne Name, from the Accounts given of it by feveral Authors. 9. A very particular and difinSi View 
of the moji remarkable Places in that If and, 10, Of the Inhabitants g/’Chio, their Manners, Cufioms, 
Trade, 
