Selections From My Journal During a Residence in the Mediterranean
Selections From My Journal During a Residence in the Mediterranean
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A few villages diversified the scene until we arrived at Enegeck, with its large and graceful mosque. The khan here was far supe- rior for convenience and neatness to any we had yet seen. Beyond this village we came upon a height, where in extacy we beheld the sea of Mar- mora; so anxious had we been to approach the Propontis ! Radosto, situated on the shore of the Propontis, is a large and very superior town, with an indus- trious and civil population, carrying on a consider- 94 THRACE. able t...rade; quite a contrast to the apparently deserted towns we had hitherto seen. Passing over an elegant bridge of Turkish construction, we fol- lowed the road which led by the sea of Marmora to Selirria. We now commenced in great spirits our last stage to Constantinople, continuing as before along the coast, and our journey enlivened by the barks floating on the waters of the Propontis, its beautiful islands, and distant shores, beyond which arose the peaks of the stupendous mountains of Asia, crowned by the Mysian Olympus.
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