Travels in Circassia, Krim-tartary, &c: including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea, in 1836 . r, so prevalent in some parts ofAmerica and the West Indies. Although I donot pretend to be acquainted with the science ofmedicine, yet experience and observation havingin some degree instructed me, I felt quite as-sured, with all due deference to the learneddisciples of Galen, that they were in error; and DEFILE OF JAGRA. 287 that the disorder was in reality the bilious re-mittent fever, as the invalids exhibited all thesymptoms which usually char
Travels in Circassia, Krim-tartary, &c: including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea, in 1836 . r, so prevalent in some parts ofAmerica and the West Indies. Although I donot pretend to be acquainted with the science ofmedicine, yet experience and observation havingin some degree instructed me, I felt quite as-sured, with all due deference to the learneddisciples of Galen, that they were in error; and DEFILE OF JAGRA. 287 that the disorder was in reality the bilious re-mittent fever, as the invalids exhibited all thesymptoms which usually characterize that fataldisorder in the east. For instance, great irrita-bility of the stomach, yellowness of the eyes, avomiting of dark-coloured bile, intense headach,a pain and fulness about the left side, and gene-rally diarrhoea. At all events, the disease ap-peared to have made most fearful ravages on thehealth of the garrison; for the whole, not evenexcepting the officers, wore an aspect so bloatedand cadaverous, that, instead of being equal tothe performance of military duties, they seemedscarcely able to drag on a miserable existence. ^h. GREEK CHUnCH FY ; USTINI AN AT PITZOUNDA. LETTER XXVIII. INCREASED ALTITUDE OP THE MOUNTAINS PITZOUNDA EXCURSION TO THE FORTRESS SUPERB FORESTS CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CIRCASSIANS AND THE RUSSIANS GREEK CHURCH AND MONASTERY EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIAN FEEL-ING STILL EXISTING AMONG THE NATIVES TRADITION CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH ANTIQUITY OP PIT-ZOUNDA. Between Vadran and Pitzounda the mountainsrose to a very considerable altitude; somewere even crowned with snow, while forests ofgigantic trees covered their sides down to thewaters edge: the country also became moresavage in its aspect, more thinly populated, wild. PITZOUNDA. 289 and solitary ; and the beautifully undulating fieldsI so much admired in Lower Abasia had totallydisappeared. This was the longest voyage we had madewithout stopping, being eighty miles; consequentlywe were not sor
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