Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c&c: during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 . fortress issupposed to have been the old Berissa, and Comana Pontica ofStrabo. If I may judge of the population of the town at its feetby the apparent extent, it must be very numerous; but no onecould, or would give me information on the subject; it not beingimprobable that the suspicion of my turbaned host of Koyla-Hissar extended hither, Tokat carries on a considerable tradein cups and other utensils of copper, its own manufacturing ;there being mines in its immediate neighbourhood, an
Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c&c: during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 . fortress issupposed to have been the old Berissa, and Comana Pontica ofStrabo. If I may judge of the population of the town at its feetby the apparent extent, it must be very numerous; but no onecould, or would give me information on the subject; it not beingimprobable that the suspicion of my turbaned host of Koyla-Hissar extended hither, Tokat carries on a considerable tradein cups and other utensils of copper, its own manufacturing ;there being mines in its immediate neighbourhood, and some ofa very high reputation, about fifty hours distant. They lietwenty hours from the city of Too-az, which gives its name tothe district of Tokat, and where their joint pasha resides. Thesecelebrated mines produce copper, lead, and silver, and have fiftyfurnaces constantly at work; indeed, they principally furnish thelatter metal for the mint of Constantinople. I made a hasty sketch of the general appearance of Tokat,and its singular fortress rocks*; but I was obliged to use my * See Plate m \1 ^ s^ PLACE OF HENRY MARTYNS DEATH. 70$ pencil in a moment when totally unobserved, the jealousy withwhich a Frangy is regarded by the Turks increasing at everystep towards the capital. At the north-eastern extremity of thecity the river is crossed by a stone bridge of five arches; but aconvenience never allowed to passengers except at seasons ofthaw and violent rains, when the stream is unfordable. It wasin this town our ever-memorable countryman, Henry Martynclosed his ministry on earth,—his pilgrimage of service to a dis-tant people, who, because they were men, he loved from afaras brothers, and dedicated the bloom of his life and faculties torecover from error. But his zeal was beyond the strength of anaturally delicate constitution ; yet Providence supported him,till, his commission being performed in the gift of the Holy Scrip-tures to the nations of the East in thei
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