TO BUKOREST. 245: 
inhabitants of the north than of the south chap. 
side of the Danube. A considerable migration 
from Dacia, into Mcesia Inferiory took place 
under the auspices of the Romans in the third 
century ; when that austere soldier, the de- 
servedly illustrious ^urelian, despairing of being 
able to maiutain the conquest of Trajan beyond 
the IsTER, abandoned Dacia ; and retired, not 
only with the troops, but also with many of the 
inhabitants ; establishing their abode in Moesia, 
where they were afterwards suffered to remain ; 
insomuch that a part of Moesia became distin- 
guished as a new province, under the appellation 
of the Dacia of Aurelian. Lazgarat may 
contain some of the descendants of that colony. 
It now consists of three thousand houses, of 
which one-third belong to Christians of the Greek 
Church. There are several good shops in the 
place ; but it was evident that the Turkish part 
of its population was not accustomed to the 
sight of Franks ; because, whenever we were 
out of sight of the Ambassador, we were pelted 
with mud or stones. This day we saw many 
villages, pleasingly situate, through which our 
road did not conduct us ; and everywhere 
the land was neatly kept and well cultivated: 
a very unusual sight, considering that the whole 
of this country is under the dominion of Turkey. 
