Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-07-05

ent Dacia--north of the Danube, Turkish
Moldavia, Wallachia, Bessarabia, contain.
ing $4,000 square miles; ancient Mysis
now called Bulgaria and Servia, toge.
Their with Bosnia south of the Danube
$4,000 square miles. The northern par,
OF ancient Greece, conprehendiog Ma
cedon,a, Thessaiy, Achaia and Bsoti A.
$4,000 square miles Tuket, Alban ia,
Craotia, Daimatis, and Epirus, Il, 700
square miles; the Peninsula OF Pelo pon.
nessus, or tho Moria 1900 square mile.
these are the countries, which, without
touching The provinces of RamAnia or Bull.
garia, afford at least resources for com.
mercc; and if not all certainly sufficient
tor the establishment of potent colonies.
AS our particular anlicipatious concerning
colonization are direeledt 10 ancient Gree &c
and Macedonia, as the Franch evidently
have directed their arms and their treaties
10 that point, Wa shall in the first instance
direct our specuations in the same way.
he divisions COMMONLY given in book.
OF geography, Of the Turkish provinces
IN ancient Greecs, exist no where else
but IN those books for subject 10 con.
slant mutations, and TO the caprices Of
chiettains, who, the goverumen mi being des.
usute Of science, requires no regard 10 il
or To It's laws from the inferior of. GERS.
Greece has four Turkish governors or pa
chas, OF the superior kind, their govern
NESTS are called the Pachaiicks Of Tapo.i
lltza, Neyoopout, Ianina. and Salonica.
ne hrst OF these comprehends the whole
OF PelenpOnnessus or the Mores; the Sc
cond over the islaad Of Eeripo Chs anei.
emf Eu5ae4J ancient Beo.ia, and the e:ns.
tern par, of Phocis. Lepanlu, Cor Naupac.
tus.) The pacha of Jaaiha governs the
shoIe of ancient Epirus; and that of Sa.
lonica, the whole OF Macedonia.
The surface Of Greece contains $3.50
square leagues. of thse Macedonia con-
taIns 5000; Epirus from Drilo TO the
Gulph of Aria, 100; and the northern
part of Greece 2s5o.
The population Of siacedonis is abtiut
zoe, oeo, or $40 to square league. The
country of Lagora (the ancient HeAco,i)
present the greatest, as the Morea and
EpiFus present the least, proportion OF Lie
population Of Greece. In HeLcon el3
persons are computed to square leagua.
IN the Morea not more than half that num.
ber- Thessaly contains 100000 persons |;
but Epiru. which is double the extent. has
only 100000, Etolia, Phocis and Beolia,
have scarcely 100000; and the popul1,i.
on OF Attica, does not exceed 10000.
The Morea, WHOSE surface is 900 square
leagues, has less than 500, 900 Inhabitants ;
and the population of the whole Of ancient
Greece is estimated as short OF f4ro millions.
Macedon, Thessaly, the eastern part
OF Phocis and Beoria are fertile countries.
The soil Of Aitics is light, and adapted to
The production of barley and olives; bu.
the N1ored Is susceptible If every staecies ~
cuLtiUafisn--its valleys or bottom lands
produce wheat, and its mountains abound
in. pasturage. But Epirus every where
mountainous is comparatively sterile.
The agricultural productions of Mace
don alone, are worth all those of the IeBt
Of Greece. Productions of industry are
more equally distributed, The most in
dustrious province is Thessaly, he st Ma
cedon, and so progressively, Epirrs, The
Morea, Attica, and last of all that part of
The Beotia, called Livadia--,he rest of
Bsotia, Phocis, and Locris, hay. 10 ma
nufactures.
We shall here snumerate tie various
articles OF produce exported from these
countries--raw cotton of various kinds-so.
bacco Of different kinds wheat and other
grain; raw silk /; sheets 7U0ok of val ious
qualities (; 6eeS IDa9c aud honey Oliver and
oil grafes, 'vermillion, hare skins, OPT.
UNI, gums aud drugs, camels' hair, buffalo
hides, tongues, copper, orpiment, lArts-
horn, peltry, gals, box wood, oak, beech,
ash, pine, elm, fr, masts, yards ssirs, Of
the manufactured kinds, the red cotton of
Greece is in great demand in the south OF
Europe they have morocco leather OF
the finest iints, carpets, vests resides
these the general productions of Africa
and Asia, and northern Europe, which
pass through the Levant, enter into the
composition of their exports, FROM the &c
tivity of the Greek aud American mer.
chants.
We shall give here general estimate
OF the value Of the Greek imports and ex
ports, between the various nations Of Eu.
rope, estimating the current n lister of Ita-
ly, which circnlates IN Greece at the va.
lue OF Spanish dollar, which is rather
above the value in relations TO the ex.
/ change.
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