204 FROM CONSTANTINOPLE, 
CHAP, long a journey: these were, principally, the 
' /- ' youth and inexperience of Prince Muruzi, and 
the dangers to which he might be liable in visit- 
ing such a city as Paris. By conversing with 
him, we discovered that we had visited his 
house at Naxos, where we had been hospitably 
entertained by his wife ; he being then in 
Constantinople. This circumstance served to 
recommend us; for he recollected receiving 
letters, mentioning our arrival upon that island . 
He gave us an excellent character of the Turkish 
Ambassador ; describing him as a man of the 
most upright integrity and virtue ; rigorous in 
the observance of all the duties enjoined by 
his religion, but very amiable and benevolent. 
As a specimen of his exemplary qualities, he 
mentioned his behaviour to his wife, who had 
lately fallen a victim to the plague ; and it will 
also serve to shew the strong predestinarian 
disposition of the Turks. From the hour that 
she was seized with the disorder, he remained 
with her; administering nourishment to her 
with his own hands; and when she died, he 
would not leave the room without imprinting a 
parting kiss upon her lips. Once afterwards, 
during the journey, he mentioned to us himself 
the loss he had sustained in the death of a 
woman who was his only source of happiness ; 
