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of them would not have been sufficient to furnish, 
materials for an ordinary town." When we 
entered Selivria, distant two hours from Pivatis, Seiivria. 
we found matters much in the same state as on 
the preceding evening; but the inhabitants had 
not quitted their houses quite so abruptly. The 
doors were all locked, and most of the effects 
removed or concealed. We were, in conse- 
quence, indulged with an accommodation in the 
citadel. While we were preparing our dinner, 
the jigha sent us a basket of fruit. Selivria is 
surrounded by vineyards; and great attention 
is paid to their cultivation. They make here 
excellent wine; and send to Constantinople, corn, 
wine, straw, and charcoal. The town contains 
two thousand houses. All the Greeks, Armenians, 
and Jews, live separated from the rest of its 
population, in the citadel, where there is a Greek 
church and a monastery. We visited a school- 
master who taught what is called the literal, or 
antient Greek, to about fifty scholars. In leaving 
the Greek church, which contains nothing else 
remarkable, we observed part of a column of 
the verde-antico. The monastery contained a 
bishop and three caloyers. There was also a 
school in this town for teaching the modern 
Greek. The harbour is good; and the town 
naturally and artificially fortified. 
