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thence that the Thasians drew their enormous chap, 
wealth. Philip derived annually from those .' j 
mines a thousand talents of gold*. Having ex- 
pelled the Thasians, and rebuilt the antient city 
of Crenides, he called it, after his own name, 
Philippi. Here he established regular assaying- 
houses, with skilful refiners ; and made such 
advantage of the possession of the Pangcean 
gold, that he obtained the empire of all Greece 
by means of the treasure he thence extracted. 
Yet, in this enlightened age — if under such cir- 
cumstances any age may be said to possess this 
character — such is the blind policy, even of a 
British Government, that mineralogy is made a 
study of subordinate consideration ; and it is 
regarded rather as a polite accomplishment, 
than as a source of national power'. 
Salonica is governed by a Pasha, who in his Popuiatio« 
of Sa!e- 
absence appoints a Musuiim. Its population, «««* 
according to the latest estimate that has been 
made, amounts to sixty thousand souls*. In 
(2) Vid. DioJm: Sic. lib. Kvi, 
(3) See the valedictory appeal to tbe nation upon this subject, by 
the Bishop of Llanduff, in his last publication. 
(4) Tableau du Comm. de la Grece, p.53. Parw,1800. We had re- 
ceived from Mr. Charnaud a different statement of its population ; 
maltinj it amuuat only to 53,000 ; in which numberwere supposed 
to 
