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be a great tumult at Constantinople, and the news everywhere 
spread of the enemy having not only done it, but that he is 
marching forward in great force to attack the city. The troops 
in the town, (that is, the Janissaries,) instead of marching to 
oppose him, will first pillage all in their way, and then fly with 
the booty ; while the inhabitants, overwhelmed with dismay, 
and reduced to extremity by the want of Abater, must submit 
themselves to the authors of the stratagem.” 
The Turkish counsellor goes on to say, in his narrative, 44 that 
the first step to be taken to avert such destruction, was to plant 
a military post at no great distance from the reservoirs ; but that 
the new-levied troops, instead of engaging in trade, should remain 
day and night in their quarters, applying themselves daily to 
military exercises, &c., necessary for immediate service.” But 
this veteran sage counselled in vain against the inveterate pre¬ 
judices of his countrymen on one side, and their selfish views on 
the other. Regular military discipline was abandoned, almost as 
soon as brought to any effect in the new corps of the Nizam-i- 
Gedid ; and of those who had pretended to save their country 
in spite of itself, some paid for their presumption with their 
lives ; while others live, most probably, to see the tyrannical ob¬ 
stinacy of their opponents precipitate its fate. 
Having left the noble pile of Justinian, and proceeded about 
a couple of miles, we came to another structure of the same 
kind, called the Long Aqueduct, composed also of a double range 
of arches ; this, together with a second running across a valley 
more to the south, are attributed to the early sultans. The 
latter is of an angular form, and stands higher than any I had 
yet seen. But at this distance from Constantinople, the native 
colour of the stone was suffered to remain ; which, blending with 
