FROM THESSALONICA, 
this manner they appear in the whole route t(J 
Constantinople. The air here is very bad ; but 
the land, notwithstanding its watery aspect, was 
much cultivated, and the corn looked extremely 
well. We observed a fine breed of sheep, like 
that of the South-Downs upon our Sussex coast 
in England: there were however, among them, 
some with horns, of a very bad kind ; having 
black wool. After quitting this plain, and 
ascending a hilly country to the south-east, we 
arrived, about sun-set, at a village called 
ctiside. Clissele\ distant seven hours from Salontca: and 
here we were compelled to remain for the night, 
as there was no place farther on, within any 
reasonable distance, where we might hope to 
rest. We slept in a conack belonging to the 
post-house ; a wretched hovel, admitting neither 
light nor air, except from the door; and this 
we were glad to keep shut. 
Leaving Clissele, on the first day of the New 
Year, we proceeded eastward, along the side of 
a chain of mountains bounding the level country 
tov/ards the north. In this manner we entered 
a fertile plain : like that which we crossed on the 
preceding day, it has tivo names ; being called 
(l) WiWX^ixKlissala iu Mr. TValpole's Journal. 
