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had no reason to repent of our rashness, nor chap. 
did we ever apply to them in vain for hos- 1 -/- . 
pitality. They sometimes, it is true, plunder 
theTw;7r^; but such instances are always acts of 
retaliation upon their oppressors, who spare no 
opportunity of robbing them of every thing they 
possess : and even a Turk, who has confided in 
their solemn pledge for his security, and thus 
ventured under their protection, is never known 
to experience any violation of their engagement. 
But no reliance whatsoever ought to be placed 
upon the descriptions given of this people by the 
Turkish or by the Grecian inhabitants of the 
towns: with as much reason may a faithful 
account of the Cossacks be expected from a 
Russian, as of the yllhanians from a Gref.k or 
a Tunic, 
Wc traversed some elevated plains upon the Smr.mitof 
side of Fames. The scenery, as we ascended, 
became more bold, but less beautiful, because 
more lofty and therefore more denuded; the 
rocky surface being more disclosed, but broken 
into masses, and dispersed with wildness and 
grandeur. From the heights wc saw the island 
of Zia, with the opposite promontory, and all view from 
the summits and coast, of Eubcea. Afterwards "^ "^'"''* 
we had an amazing prospect, at a great distance 
