Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor: With Comparative Remarks on the Ancient and Modern Geography of That Country (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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By assuming the medical character, he secured a good reception at several of the provincial towns, and protection from the governors, as far as their authority extend ed; but the banditti which at that period infested every part of the country, obliged him always to travel in haste, and often in the night; and he was not qualified to de rive as much advantage fromjourneys made under such circumstances as a more expe rienced and more enlightened traveller might have done. He was generally care ful in noting the time employed in each stage; but the names of places are often disfigured by his careless mode of writing.

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