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CHAP, received us with a degree of civility and cor- 
« ' ' diality which we had rarely before experienced 
from a Turlc. As soon as we were seated, he 
sent for Prince Muruzi to act as interpreter, who 
came, accompanied by Signor Francopulo ; and 
we had some lively and pleasant conversation. 
The Ambassador's head had been filled with the 
most extravagant stories as to the danger of the. 
road we had to travel over ; and he was evidently 
terrified by the thoughts of his journey. He 
produced a little Turkish Manuscript from his 
bosom, which purported to be an Itinerary of the 
route from Constantinople to Paris, containing 
brief notices for travellers of the places of rest. 
This he made the Prince translate for us. It 
was such an Itinerary as that which JVesseling 
edited; from Bourdeaux to Jerusalem; stating 
little more than the distances of the stations 
from each other. We told him that " the first 
part of our journey related to a country of which 
he must be much better informed than we could 
be; as it has been seldom described by any 
travellers whose writings were known to us ; but 
that after passing the Turkish frontier, we 
would give him daily information concerning the 
district he had to traverse: that the dangers 
which filled his imagination were of a nature 
to exist only in his own country; and that we 
