Travels in Circassia, Krim-tartary, &c: including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea, in 1836 . de-light the eye and gladden the heart. Here wereno smiling towns and villages with their ruralpopulation, the pride of every country; and had itnot been for a few scattered huts, with here andthere a flock of sheep and a herd of buffaloes,it might be called a desert. The whole of the inhabitants of these beautifulbut benighted provinces, with the exception of afew towns on the Danube, are principally Chris-tians of the Greek church, and justly ext
Travels in Circassia, Krim-tartary, &c: including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea, in 1836 . de-light the eye and gladden the heart. Here wereno smiling towns and villages with their ruralpopulation, the pride of every country; and had itnot been for a few scattered huts, with here andthere a flock of sheep and a herd of buffaloes,it might be called a desert. The whole of the inhabitants of these beautifulbut benighted provinces, with the exception of afew towns on the Danube, are principally Chris-tians of the Greek church, and justly extolled bytravellers for their industrious peaceable habits,particularly the Bulgarians, who are a pastoralpeople. Yet, so oppressive has been the long ruleof the Ottoman government, and so protracted thedevastating wars, that the people have graduallyrelapsed into semi-barbarism, and the country hasbecome so depopulated, that the pelican of thewilderness every where finds an undisturbed ha-bitation, and the eagles are so numerous as tohave been our companions during the whole ofour voyage down the Danube, from Pest to theBlack Sea. VOL. I. G. COSSACK GUARD-HOUSE AND WATCH-TOWER. LETTER IX. GALATZ MISERABLE ASPECT OP THE TOWN INCREASING COM-MERCE IJCfTABITANTS DEPARTURE FOR CONSTANTINOPLE PASSENGERS GERMAN STUDENTS HUNGARIAN NOBLEMAN EESSERABIA DELTA OF THE DANUBE COSSACK GUARD-HOUSES INSALUBRITY OF THEIR SITUATION GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. The hills, whose ever-varying beauty had de-lighted us from the time we left Belgrade, nowmelted into a monotonous plain; and we passedonward through an expanse of water, resemblinga sea studded with innumerable islets. In thefar distance we again caught a glimpse of MountHaemus, which became more distinctly developedas we approached Braila, a commercial town of GALATZ. 83 some importance in Wallachia. Here I was notmore surprised than pleased to see several Eng-lish vessels in its little port, and our flag wavingfrom a height in the town. Shortly
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