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with black marble. There are more Turks chap. 
than Greeks among' its inhabitants. Its com- v ,, ^ 
merce is internal, in barley, wheat, and wine. 
Our accommodations here were excellent : we 
were lodged in a large airy room, with a clean 
white shining floor. The owner of the house 
was a Greek, a cheerful and obliging man ; but 
the other houses were all empty, and the doors 
barricadoed, which the Twr^^ had to force open, 
in order to o-ain possession. If the Grand 4'*^™"* 
" ^ citedbythe 
Signior should choose to travel through his do- Journey. 
minions, he would not find an inhabitant in any 
of the towns to receive him: no sooner does 
the news arrive of the comins: of Turks of dis- 
tinction, than the people betake themselves to 
ilight, and the stillness of death prevails in all 
the streets. Hitherto, the whole way from 
Constantinople, we had not observed a plant in 
flower ; excepting, in sheltered situations, the 
Vernal Crocics, which appeared with ivhite and 
with yellow flowers. Here we began to observe 
a few other vernal plants. We saw also the 
ruins of an antient structure, built after the 
Roman manner, with red tiles. 
jipril 5. — Wide and barren plains, as before, 
during the whole day's journey. Passed an 
immense tumulus- We observed this morning a 
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