212 FROM CONSTANTINOPLE, 
CHAP, wine, flax, and pottery. The internal appearance 
^ -^'- _' of Burghaz is better than that of Turkish towns 
in general. It is famous for a neat manufacture 
of the small terra-cotta bowls for Turkish pipes ; 
and for salted shrimps, which are caught in the 
Black Sea. We bought some of the former : 
they were all stamped with a Turkish inscrip- 
tion, as a peculiar mark of the manufacture. 
This mark is, however, imitated by the dealers 
in the bazars of Constantinople; because a 
superior article of the kind would not sell with- 
out it. Englishmen have no reason to deride 
the Turks for such prejudices : the makers of 
sealing-wax in London, who have long surpassed 
the Dutch manufacturers in that article, are yet 
compelled to retain the old Dutch inscription. 
During our journey, this day, we had the first 
Approach vicw of thc chaiu of MouxT H^MUs ; called by 
Hcsmus. the Turks the Balkan, signifying " a difficult 
defile among rocks." 
Additional ' ^pril 6. — The Ambassador found it necessary 
to increase the strength of the escort, owing to 
the accounts he received of the state of the 
country. Our number of horsemen, upon leav- 
ing Burghaz, exceeded one hundred ; and we 
had, besides, a considerable paf ty on foot. The 
country exhibited no marks of cultivation. 
