PRKFACE TO SECOND SECTION 
manners of the people. General observations, 
as applied to the inhabitants of Greece, cannot 
well be made : it would be a vain undertaking 
to characterize in one view such a various 
population. Throughout every part of the 
country, there may be observed, not only a dif- 
ference of morals and of habits, but also pecu- 
liarities of religion and of language. In the 
mixed society of one island, the Italian charac- 
ter seems to predominate; in another, Turks or 
Albanians have introduced their distinctions of 
manners and customs. Perhaps this may be 
one of the causes which, added to the fine cli- 
mate of the country, and to its diversified land- 
scape, communicate such a high degree of 
cheerfulness during a journey or a voyage in 
Greece : for whether the traveller be upon its 
continent, or visiting its islands, a succession of 
new objects is continually presenting itself ^; and 
in places which are contiguous in situation, he 
may witness a more striking change, both as to 
natural and to moral objects, than would be 
found in other countries, for example in Russia, 
if he were to traverse a very considerable por- 
tion of the globe. After all, an author, in the 
(J) '* Where'er we tread, 'tis haunted, holy ground. 
And one vast realm of wonder spreads around." 
Childelldrofd's Pilgiimage, p. 105. Land. 180r.. 
