246 FROM THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H^MUS, 
CHAP. Jpril ]4, — We left Lazgarat at six o'clock 
«^ -, A. M. and, after a journey of five hours, reached 
Toriach. ^j^^ towu or village oiTorlach, where we dined. 
At noon, the mercury in Fahrenheit's thermo- 
meter stood at QQ"^. Toriach is a place of 
considerable size ; and the land around it is 
highly cultivated. It contains more Turkish 
than Greek inhabitants. At two hours distance 
from Toriach, we came to a large village called 
iHsanitxa. Pisaniizn, upon the side of a hill. Here the 
Ambassador, perceiving that the author could 
hardly retain his seat upon his horse, owing to 
a violent paroxysm of fever, which then came 
on, proposed to halt for the night. We had 
been seven hours on horseback ; and Rustchuk, 
upon the Danube, our place of destination, was 
five hours farther : we would therefore gladly 
have rested under such circumstances; but 
some of the Embassy were impatient to 
proceed ; and rather than be regarded as the 
cause of delay, we declined his Excellency's 
friendly proposal. Scarcely had we quitted 
Pisaniiza, when a heavy rain falling, the water 
ran in torrents along the road. It continued, 
without one moment's cessation or diminution, 
during the rest of the journey, so that every 
one of our party was wet to the skin. But the 
most remarkable circumstance attending this 
