4® TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
in Kyragatch, a village two days journey from Mag- 
nefia, where are the richeft and fineft Cotton plan- 
tations in Natolia. He could immediately raife 
20,000 men, which were under his command; and it 
was rumoured that his revenue were 1200 piafters 
d day. It was now about fun fet, when the Turks 
eat fupper ; I therefore took my leave, after being 
defired to call again after fupper. I had fcarcely 
time to go from the fopha to the door, before the 
cloth was laid and two difhes cleared. The Turks I 
eat extremely faff. I have known a dinner of above 
twenty diflies to have been finiihed in a quarter of 
an hour. 
I could not undertake any thing before I had 
made another vifit to the Mufelem. Being a phy- 
iician, I was much regarded by him; and his example 
was not only followed by his fervants, but through 
the whole town wherever I went: fo far from point- 
ing at me or my fervant, and calling Jaur (unbe- 
liever) which is otherwife cuftomary amongft the 
Turks when they fee a Chriftian, efpecially a 
ilranger, I faw and heard mylelf called and taken 
notice of as Hekim Packi : however, I had not this 
complaifance for nothing. Mufelem, as the chief 
of the town, began very carefully to think about 
his health; which was not only followed by his fer- 
vants, but by all in the town whom I had occafion 
to converfe with. It is common enough amongft 
the Turks, and even Greeks, to be fick as often as 
they have an opportunity of fpeaking to a phyfi- 
cian. Moil of them are fubject to the hypochon- 
driac aiforders; and as this difeafe always occafions 
perfons to be fufpicious of their health, efpecially 
in the country, and in little towns, where they feldom 
have an opportunity of converting with them who 
can 
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