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and decent mind, having, in the flighteft 
degree, inveltigated my temper and habits; 
will {nffer{oexecrable a fuppofition, as that 
I fhouldbe the advocate of an unnatural dif- 
pofition, the inciter and perfuader of acts 
of horrible enormity, fo pafs unbranded 
by his condemnation? Let -then  thefe 
met go on in their defpicable talk of mif- 
reprefentation and calumny.=-Let them 
endeavour to exhibit me as the advocate 
of every thing cruel, aflaffinating and in- 
human. You and J, my friend, I firmly 
perfuade myfelf, fhall live to fee whether 
their malignant artifices, or the fimple and- 
unalterable truth, fhall prove triumphant.» 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
EXTRACT of @ LETTER from @ GEN- 
TLEMAN 02 2 TOUR through GREECE. 
«© FYROM Venice we proceeded on 
| board a Sclavonian fhip to Cattaro, 
and along the whole of the Adriatic coaft, - 
cafting anchor, as it is ufual with thefe 
coating veftels, in almoft every harbour. 
We thus fpent a whole month before we 
-arrived at Corfu, where we were received 
with the createft diltinétion by the fenate 
of that little republic, and were treated 
with refpeét by all parties, notwithftanding 
the violent fermentation then exifting 
among the people, who infilted on tHe no- 
bility’s being deprived of their titles and 
privileses. Five Ruffian and three 
‘Turkith hips were lying in the road ; the 
latter we frequentlyvifited, and found here, 
and indeed throughout our whole journey 
thro’ Greece, the Turks moft obligingly po- 
lite and willing to render us every fervice in 
their power. At prefent, indeed, every 
Englifhman islooked upon by them as a 
Kind of demi-god. From Corfu we went 
in a boat to St. Mauro, where a houfe and 
a guard of honour had been prepared for 
us by order of the fenate of Corfu. In 
Nicopolis we found the Pacha extremely 
polite and -friendly, and we ftill carry on 
an epiftolary correfpondence with him, 
We took a view of the celebrated Leuca- 
dian Rock, and by meafuring its height 
with the eye eafily convinced ourfelves, 
that whoever takes a leap from it, will be 
freed for ever from the cares that imbitter 
life. From.Nicopolis we proceeded to 
Ithaca, where we lodged. in the houfe of 
Dr. Zaro, a phyfician. Ithaca is truly a 
wretched country ; but has five or bx ex- 
cellent anchorage-places. Thence we 
went to Patrafs, [Naupadus] where all the 
remains of ancient monuments and edi- 
fices have long ago been either burnt. to 
lime, or ufed in building modern Houfes. 
’ We were treated with the greateft polite- 
nefs by the Turkifh Governor, and con~- 
du&ed to the two’ caftles, which fhould 
defend the bay of Corinth, but we 
faw no other ammunition ex¢ept ftones, 
which were laid in heaps near the quite 
unferviceable cannon. 
daily expecting a vifit from the French, 
no preparations were making to give them 
a proper reception. At Delphi, whither | 
we journeyed from Patrafs, we faw, befides 
fome old walls and the romantic :ocks of 
Parnafius, nothing éxcept the bath of the 
- Pythia; which is ina good ftaté of prefer- 
vation. At Thebes there are fome remais 
of gates, but no other antiguitiés. The 
‘Aga invited-us every cay tohis garden, 
and furnifhed us with horfes; fheep and rice, 
withovt accepting any thing in return. 
From Thebes we proceeded to Athens : 
this part of our journey was extremely | 
fatiguing. The couniry, juft before we 
_defcended into the plain of Athens, has a 
very picburefqueappearance. The beauties 
of the city and citadel are fo numerous 
that they are beyond my power todefcribe. 
‘The Temple of Jupiter Olympus, ratfed 
on pillars 16 feet in height, and the Tem- 
ple of Minerva, in the caftle, excite afto- 
nifhment in the admiring {pe&tator. Here 
too we daily receive proofs that this is 
the aufpicious moment for Englifhmen to 
travel in Greece: the refpeé fhewn us by 
the Turks is boundlefs. But the climate 
is, at this feafon of the year, extremely 
difagreeable. ‘Of the.24 hours there are 
at moft two, during which we can ven- 
ture to take a walk, early in the morning, 
at five, and about. feven o’clock in the 
evening. P 
‘«¢ Lord Elgin has fent hither from Con~ 
ftantinople, feveral artifts,who are now em- 
ployed in examining the ‘Temple of The- 
feus, in the citadel. Since our arrival, 
they have dug up almoft all the relievoes 
and figures, which once ornamented the 
friezes of the Temple of Minerva. As. 
they have juft met with fome broken-off 
horfes- feet, we are in hopes that they will 
find the celebrated horfes belonging to the 
chariot of Minerva,»which the antients 
afcribed to Phidias or Praxiteles. ‘Thefe, 
all infcriptions, and other interefting re- 
mains of antiquity which can be removed, 
are carefully packed up, and fent to Eng- - 
land. Here they would only. be thrown 
into the lime-kiln. | Every thing is good 
here except the climate, whofe undelcri- 
bable heat obliges us to be almoft the 
whole day in the bath ; and except the 
wine. That which grows here is not 
drinkable, and from the iflands none’can ~ 
be procured. » But every thing, however, 
is very cheap. How flourifling a country 
might this become !” 
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