LETTER XXIII. 
WE now turn our attention to the 
map of Afia, in which, as in that of 
Europe, you fee, the Ruffian dominions co- 
ver the largeft fpace. In this vaft territory, 
there are few objects worth remembering, 
except Kamtfchatka, which is mentioned 
by fome of our northern navigators, and 
that inhofpitable region, called Siberia, to 
which Ruffian malefactors are baniflied. 
The firft of thefe lies between 55 and 60, 
the latitude of Scotland. 
With Tartary we have no concern: with 
Arabia and Perfia, almoft as little. In Tur- 
key, which is at the weftern extremity of the 
map, you find Smyrna and Aleppo at the 
eaft end of the Mediterranean. Thefe places 
are well known to our merchants trading 
to Turkey. You there alfo find Jerufalem 
and other towns mentioned in fcripture. 
Thence we proceed to India, and tracing 
the coaft from Surat on the weft fide to the 
mouths of the Ganges at the eaftern extre-f 
mity, you pafs in fucceffion, Bombay, Goa, 
and thence alpng the coafts of the Carnatip, 
Mala- 
