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CONSTANTINOPLE. 
CHAP. 
III. 
Kutchuk 
Tchek- 
madji. 
Arrival at 
Constanti- 
nople. 
Tchekmadji, or the Little Bridge, commonly 
./ called Ponte Piccolo in the Italian, which is the 
most general language of the Levant. This 
place is distant three hours from BHiyuk Tchek- 
madji. It is nothing more than a village by the 
sea side, surrounded by marshes and pools ; 
being remarkable only for its unwholesome 
situation, and dangerous malaria during sum- 
mer. It commands, however, a pleasing pro- 
spect of the Sea of Marmora; because all the 
vessels are seen passing, that sail from the 
Archipelago or from the Black Sea. Hence we 
proceeded, three hours more, to the Capital; and 
having entered Constantinople, near to the 
spot where Mohammed effected the memorable 
breach that gave a death-blow to the Roman 
Empire, we completed our Levantine tour. In 
the space of about eleven months, we had made 
a complete survey of the tEgean" and eastern 
shores of the Mediterranean seas; having 
coasted all Asia Minor, the Holy Land, 
Egypt, the Islands of the Archipelago, 
Greece, Macedonia, Thrace; and here were 
returned safe to the same j&or^ whence we sailed, 
in the Grand Signior's corvette, the year before, 
for the Dardanelles. 
Behaviour As wc Todc tlirouffli thc strccts of the citv 
of die Po- ° . ^ 
imiacc. towards the quay, opposite to Topltana, the 
