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    aadf Onst ^ mtiaQfile to visit the country which formerly contai ned ; the Seven Churches i » entio ^ ed in the Apo ^ ajypse . Almost every thing interesting in tb 3 t part pf ttj $ world hag beea described by former travellers . Smith , Ricaut , Pococke , Chandler * TournejbrL Maundrell , & «; ., have given very ample

    details , and we cannot find much information ia the volume before us that may not be found in the several works of those travellers . Doubt still hangs over some subjects of importance to the geography of the western part of Asia Minor ; for instance , the precise sites of Colossaa , of Apatneia , Antioch of Pisidia , and Sagalassus , To these subjects the author ' s attention was roused by the publication of Colonel Leake ' s journal hut in prosecuting ? feis journey we cannot find that he has settled any of those undecided

    points . The party , consisting of the author , Mr . Hartley , a Churck Missionary , a J ^ nigsajpy , an Arnoenian ^ ( praprtgt&r of the horses , who , by the bye , an- * noyed them a little on their road by frequent demands of money , ) and a Greek servant of Mr . Hartley , left Smyrna , March 28 , 1826 . One instance

    is given us of improvement in the state of society in this part of the world . In 1671 , Dr . Smith had been dreadfully alarmed by repeated accounts that the country was infested with bands of robbers , " who took all advantages of assaulting passengers , killing first and robbing afterwards ; " he therefore thought it necessary to go ^ ith a strong guard , ' well armed . Our present travellers «* were assured that they might travel every where free from

    apprehension ; they therefore took with them only one double-barrelled gun and a , medicine box well filfed , as well in case of need themselves as for medical practice where the aid of the hakim mig ht be solicited . " ' Their route was nearly southwards towards Ephesus , through SecHkeny and Metropolis . Nothing very remarkable attracted their attention on the

    first stage of their journey , except that they passed some antique remains , &tid crossed an open plain used not long since as a race course . When the Marquis of Sligb anel other travellers were at Smyrna , this plain , two years ago , was covered two inches deep with locusts ; even the olive-trees were not spared—a most unusual occurrence , as the locust very rarely attacks the

    ohve-lea £ ' ' Our traveller , while at Sedikeny , heard a story , which , if true , is indeed a remarkable ihstanee of the special interference of Providence . We do not doubt his veracity , but we may suspect that his informers were not quite accurate ) and as he has alread y anticipated that many of his readers will be ifncredulousj probably he will not be disappointed .

    " In the summer of 1824 , when nearl y 100 , 000 Turks encamped at Chanylee , Sedikeny was a principal thoroughfare . Several companies of soldiers had entered the village one afternoon , many of them composed of notoriously fcad eharacters . Their chief , called the beyraetar or bearer of the colours , fired by wine or raekee , sallied out in the evening , and pursuing a young woman who sought shelter in a house , knocked at the door and tried to force admittance . Xfee wner of the hawse , a respectable Greek widow , opening # je door , attempted nwldly to dissuade hijn from further pursuit , The man ,

    enraged at ; the escape of % * girL drew his sabre , a # d tnade , or attempted to make , a violent plow a ; t tfie . widpw .. The hand of Providence arrested the stroke ; the blade snapped ^ ft * t \ jf ^ . pieces before it fell on its victim . The villain paused , as if conscious ojF'VcOutrouling power ; but presently drawing a pistol , he pointed it , pulled the trigger , but it missed fire . He drew a second pistol , and was in t )* e act of taking aim again , when another fellow , who had accompanied hiny / putted him away forci ^ Sy , saying , < i < et her alone ; don't you see hef time H ' not yet come ? ' Resolved upon some revenge , the

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    # 98 Review ^ AnmcteiPs Fish the Sewn Church ® .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 398, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/38/