1
the hdt tifilj Prufa was formerly the choM refidence of the fultans,' .
U B » -and!1 contains Many df thefr tombs. Magnifi, or Ma’gnefia, is alfo a
tfty offome repute in this quarter’of the empire -and Kircagatch has
rifen to cotifiddrable population, from the cultivation of cotton,-being
* _about 40 miles to the N. E. of Magnify on the route to Prufa»
Aago«. % Angora may contain 'So^oS inhabitants ; . and-is a linking, and
agreeable city in albfty » » The trade’Isohiefly in yarn, of which
’our lhalloons are made; and' in their own manufacture of Angora ftuffs,
;mide' 3i|eiy‘6f the fine hair of a-particular breed of goats, -which, like
that of the cats; occurs in no other country, Tet the^feems nd;pe-
afr^fitaiiOT, of foil, which*is a fine red-mafl:
«feil Toiat m*m n-fiourilhing-place:- The inhabitants are* coM^utetf' at
g& P jijj ^eVitfiationls fingMar, amidft rugged and perpendicular
rocks of marble; and'the ftreets are paved, which is a rattt eiMumftaiice
.in the Levant. Silk and leather are manufatturfeS of Tokat; bi*‘ the
chief is that'of CopJefJtkerifils,.vvhich^MSM
even to' Egypt. The cop^erTs from the mines'of Gumifeana, at the
diftahce of three days jdurney from Trebilbrfdi and frorri'thofe of Caftan
Boul, yet 'richer, and fituated ten days journey froM Tokat, 'on the
weft towards Angora»*' . , ' . . ; • •
jBrfra. Bafra, or Baflbra, on the eftuaty of the Eu'phrates, and Tigris^ Mbft
fie regarded as rather hdon^ng to an independent Arabiafifdnce, who
‘ pays dubious homage tothePorte, but as Irhas an intitnat'e cofcnexMn
^ith Afiatic Turkey, it MSy 'fie here briefly Mentioned as a, -c g of
- co 000 inhabitants, but of great commercial confequence, bdnglfrM
^uented by numerous veflSIs from Europe and Afia, Mid the ftatW aii
* Hunter’s Travels,. -1796, 8vo. p. l S9- ^ e e ‘alfo the maEm P e ^ n e h s iourney f t? *
c tn Sardes and Thyatira,' at the end of his Obfervations Hiftonque» et Geogra-
Smyrna J j . L . This journey is foil of inferiptions and antiquities, like mod
' -of thofe' to the Levant, and of conrfe Contains very little Tolid Information. Voyages to the
T t as they are called arc indeed of all others the moil common, and the, moil vague, and
urTfauaive. 'A few ufelefe inferiptions, an<Ta thoufand'quotations from the: claiBcs, or de-
-feriptions of Egypt and Syria, repeating what has been-repeated a hundred tunes before, conCtitute
■ * & k ta lk d * voyage .to the Levant. If an able traveller were to, inveftigate. the geography^
natural hiftory, and other topics of real importance in Afia Minor only, he would %>py a 7
-deficiencies in modem knowledge,
if T.ournefort, ii* J*4*
I i
Englifh
EngliiSi conful. Here the various prbduffs of Europe an! India-are
exchanged f©r, thofe ofidgenfia;; and’-opulent caravans proceed to the
chief xdtieS óf Afiatic-Turkey, to fall which it is-the,móft central port of
the more oriêntall-trad©.' ,
The.'great alidfromantic Bagdad,, the fpat'of the.Califs, artdthe feene
of many eafan- fr£tiom, has now dwindled into a town .of about
20,00© inhabitants: Nob- far to.the fouth -are-fome ruins of the celefi
bratfe'd Babylon, ..which have been ably iünftratéd in a recent work of
Major ReinelL9
Many an important chly of antiquity has funk into a village; and
even-the .village often into a mafs of rubbifh, uuder-the’deftruaive do-
’tbifoat&m:.of.the 'Burks; perhaps the on!yfpeopIe whofe foie ocfeqpatton
bas been toidsHroy.-: j The maps are crowded1 with manyrna-Myl, now
<»ply known by mrferafele*hamlets; and an! enamèMtion which would
fliort may yet be complete. The ancient and celebrated city of
Jemfalem is reduced to a mean town, chiefly exifting bjf the pict-y of
pMgriftis, Ifowards Atf'sfrontiers of Perfia the ravages of frequent war
have fpread additional deftru<ftion; yet Erzeron, thecSpital of Ar-
mgma, retains-about inhabitants* MiarS, thé extreme town
upóiï the frontiers of Perfia, is tolerably fortified; but is aMiaconfider-
able place.10 .
b The chief manufactures of Afiatic Turkey have .h'een already incidentally
• mentioned - in the preceding account of the cities; tjb which
may be added the excellent 'carpets fo frequeqt in England,* ..Thefe,
with rhubarb, and feveral other drugs, may be regarded- as the^ehief
articles of commerce.
~x. The Levant, or Turkey, trade was formerly of great confequence.tor
Great Britain ; but fince ,tbe middle of laft centqtyhas, ;■ l?een pi ore-advantageous
to Eraince. , Sir James Porter, fortnerly amba&disr, at;,Gon-
ftantinople, has publiftied„fe'veral ilnpoiitSnt obfervations on this; .fub-
jeft,11 He remarks that many of the ftem9 ‘of LU|; Mobilityv fpriiug from,
this great root of opulence; far in formerfiMe^ the Turkey metphants
9 Geography of Hetodotus. 'J 1 ' t0' TöUrncfbrt, ii. 2Vfi
" Obfervations on tlw> Turks, i f j i , 8f<?, *
'v o l . i i . % were
C m ÉS ASD
Towirs.
Bagdad.
Manufactures.