ISLA N D S B E L O N G IN G T O TU R K EY ' ÎN EU RO PE .
T h e numerous iflands,,in th e 4 rc h ip |T a |ö are b y geographef k!4 o5n-
fidered as^doDging* toFEurope except a few which approach 'the-
Afiatic fhore, as Mytilene, Seio, Samoÿ,' Cpè, a n d Rhodes.
The cïaffical iflands o f ançient Greece have been fo’ repeatedly
defcnihed, that little jnore than an enumeration' may fuffice. The
Ïaïgefl Is that .of Crete* Itëöüt i#©" ïhilés?®.
length, by 49 at its grèatéft breadth. À dhain of high mountains,
■called the White Mountains fro’nvthe fnow, peryades a great-part'of
Its'lengthi1 The inhabitants are vigorous, and robuft, and Tónd óf
a.T(%eky. This ifle abounds with cattle, fheepf, fwine,1 poultry and
game, all excellent ; and 'the Winfe^iS balmy and lufêióus.1 ! ■ The dögè-
o f "Crete are uglÿ; antf fbem tome p between -tHé 'wolf' and ~ the fçîxi
The liege of Cand'ia by the Turks, in 'the middfe o f the feventfeteiifh
century, fs' remafkable in modem hiftory, as havmgmdnSnubd’ for
24 years, 1646—1670. This ifland had before floùrîfhèd under the
Venetians. < '
N ex t is NegropOnt, about io o Britifh miles ^in 1 length b y 1 *2o" in.
bre adth ; a large^ând^im portant ifland, which alfo 'belongedrto ' th e 'V e netians
to a late period.*
T h e other ifles are gènpiailÿ ó f a diminutive fîze ; ’aJn<Ji"w^rèJÆi^iéft>
b y th e ancients into feparate groupes, o f w hich the Cyclades ‘were1 the
inoft memorable ; while the Sppràdes approached thd ' Afiâttic 'flidrfe.
O th e r chief names are Lemnos, Skyro, and Andro. It dsf*tîrrrîdceffafÿ
to give a tedious repetition o f th e 'b irth s o f Uluftnóüs tfaffiès J4 nd’ 'o th e r
trivial particulars concerning th e fe 1 iflânds^ a*nd th e g róïiö mbf A pti-
p a ro s is defcribed in" the account o f üatrtrai' !1,
however be omitted, th a t in th e ÿear ly o ^ ra hë'w ifliihci.aröfe: ffoiü the
fea, w ith violent volcanic explefions, near* Sahtorine, and about a thife
in diameter ^ T h e other Iflands fh a llb e briefly defcribed u n d en the ir
p ro p e r divifion o f Afiatic T u rk ey .
Toumefórt, i. 69. & c .
• T h e ifle» o f ’Corfou, Cefalonia, and Zan te, on the other fide o f Greece, were on the fall o f
Venice feized b y the French ; but how eonft.itute an independant republic, under the protection
o f Ruffia; a curious experiment on the genius o f modern Greece".
t T h e carious reader may find a long detail o f this Angular event in Payne’ s Geographical
ÎLxtraâs, p. 252 to 356.. .