money. Thé Turk has favoured the fpot, and bëftöWed oh it
a. milder* tyranny.^ The Kiûàr Aga or *chief 'of - the black Eu-
rrtiehs afCcrhftaiitinople* is thelr patron j and by him the'Turkifli
iriagiftlâtesiare àjïpriin ted. ’-The V ai Wöde purchafes his govefn-
nient ‘yearly, but cireumïpëétion and moderation are requifite in
exacting the revenue, arid the ufual concomitants of his dation
are uneafinefs, apprehenfion, and danger. The impatience of
oppreffion, when general, begets public vengeance. The Turks
and their vaffals 'have united, feized and cut their tyrants in
pieces, or forced them to feek refuge in the mountains or in the
Acropolis. An infurreCtion had happened not many years before
Wè arrived, and the diftrefs, which followed from wapt:rifi water
in the-fortrefsy .was defcribed to us as extreme.
T he Turk? of Athens are in general more polite, facial, and
affable, tfiari “is common in'that ftàtely race Y hvin^oh^iore
equal ternis with their- fellow-citizens, and pârtâkingV ’ih foriie
dègrëè,' of the Greek character. ' The fame intermixture, which
has fofténëd/thèir au fieri ty, hasT.Sôfrâ’pted their ' temperance j
and ‘many "have foregone'the national àbftinènce’ froril wine,
drinking freely, except during their Ràmàzan or Lent. "Some
tod'afier a long lapfe have fé^affüftied, nâhd* rigidly'adhère to it,
aS ’foiling'the gravity o f a' beard, ' and thè decórum o f paternal
authority. ! Several o f the families'“’ date Wéir fettlement from
the taking ó f the4 city. They are reckoned at about three
htfhdrèd:’ Their number, though comparatively {mall, is rinore
than fofficient to' keep the Chrifiians fully Tënfîblë rifthriii
mâfiery. The Turks poffefs front their childhood an habitual
foperiority, and awe with a look the loftieff vaffal. Their de-
portmént is ofteri ftern and haughty. ’Many" in private life are
diftihgriifhed by flriCl hondiirj by punctuality, and uprightnefs
in theii dealings ! and almoft all by external fari$:ity of manners. ;
I f thèyVre öttfow ihinded in the'èxfreriiè, îtf“Jîs thë refolt rif a
confined education V and aâ avSritious ternper is à naturalcohfe*
queried of' their rapacious gbvernment.
T he'
. - T h$* Greeks may be regarded as th e . reprefentatives of >the-
old ..Athenians- . We have related* t]iat„ qn ovir arrival in the
Pip^usl an;Archon came fra n i. the* cjfy, to t receive ,ys. T h e
learned reader was perhaps.tqueh^dby that*pfp^Cfcabtef title, and
annexed to it fome jq ^ tio n o f its claffipali^pQrt^nce.^but the
Arcfrpns are qpw; mere names, except a tall fqr-cap, and a fuller
and better drffs.than is worn,by the inferior qlaffes. Some have
fhpp? in the bazar,- fpjpie fare merchants, opfarujers. of the
public: revenue. The families* flyled Archontic, irgt eight or
te.n in number j .moftly on the decline. The; perfpn, who met,
us, was of one reckoned very antient, account,
had been fettled at Athens about three hundred years, or after
Mahomet the fecond./ His- patrimony had fuffered from the
extortions qf a tyrannical Vaivygde^but he had Repaired the
lofs by-trade and.by renting petty gqyernpientSï The, ordinary
habijt; o f5 the .meaner citizens, is,av£ed fitull-cap, a jacket, and a
faQ> ,roM^ the.middle, loofe breeches, or. trowfers, which tie
with a large knotfefore, and a long veft, which they hang on
t i e j r J f v o q l . j p r fur for cpld weather», By
following , the^ louver .Q.cqppatio^s, jtjieyv,procure*, ,npt, without
d iScu ity ^ a puttence.of profit to fubjlff,therii^ to pay theirbri-
bqte-imqriMi^ari^. ta purchafe garments for the feftiyals, when
they mutually vie in appearing well-clothed, their pride; even
exceeding their poverty. ..
■ lively Greek neglecting pafturage and
agriculture, that province, which in Alia Minor is occupied by
the Turcomans!, has been obtained in Europe by the Albanians
or Albanefe. Thefe are a people remote from their original
country, which \pts by the Cafpian fea, fpreading over and cultivating
alien lands, gqd, as of qjd, ad4idled to univerfal h usbandry
and to migration. It is chiefly their bufinefs to plough».
fow> and reap s, dig, fenqe^ plaqt, an^ prune the vineyg^dj
attend the watering of the olive-tree j and gather in the harveft j
going forth before, the dawn of. day* and. returning joyous on
the. clofe of their labour. I f fliepherds, they live on the moun- '
tains»