The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-18

birbary ttates. employ them ,gainl o,her nations
as they nave been employed by hem line current
OF events alone san determine iGse. But if far,
fzre continues be auip,c;ous as ihe ba, b;,bsr,
BEEN the world will DE releaisd ON this reproach to
civilization, thI' atire on the pide and pretended
power Of nations.
hat the commerce of Itly will be rotetaed from,
moietat'on b. Barblry, have already full. aif,
rance. The a's IF France fails olened and with
our tribu,esne Genoee hal .carc, iy aifsed,be r,,
OF rolon to tn E. .cral empire, BEL. her cap,;v e.;
t'sehs we're hberA ed Ialy will 4 en- fIri I, S,a,ne,
and eo1"crse, un the lig of Fra &c et us ool -,
the various enunti u feis celebrated in anc;.n.
hnt1y, gen-rilv CO nprshenied uii err the d-iir,.
ZION I'll the LevI7f or the inner baio ofthe Medite-
raheal let us pt's review With iufcient peripicu-
ty' TN 'u,h without the cloie detail fyfsInatc DE-
"graphy or tat',''cs the fctes oi commerce the de-
potsm WHICH Is ,sced the I.evAnt trade the o,,n,;
q ani qittv 81 the mercantile proiu clions and "A
" - prat'cao- in hrief ,Eetch, the multitude as
articles and the gene al ilitrihut,on of he trad
u !" d fcuit TO ,laify ehe various proa, e.o,.
wnieh are d'per'ed ir IN the Mediterranean thr,u
out ' Europe It We were "a a;enpt ics,iniDa,i,,r,
Eur 'pea', AiAtic, d .ir,caii ,herp womb &c,
eo"uho eeeauie the lame kinds of nierehsn!,zr ar.
Drought from the thre' quarters of tne old world
ge'sraphcai Ga hticas,"n viii not do; va. mt tb.,
roe 'ike the iahlect zap asm prefents itief in n.
ceianeous way.
We dali firt en- ieavor 20 emu u-ra,. RI, v,r;
countries, teas and rivers, which border on th. Nj
drerranean coats.
Tine countries and ieas and rivers which pour their
tribute into that great reieryoir
The Quantities which the did. rent p.,;ons 49,.
o particular ports ut the LevAnr and their ivos-,
into tina. quarter P"'e
And finally a Specification with miice,ianeou, ro,i-
ees 81 the various ipeces OF productions, which COM,
pole The principal portion of that commerce.
Inc views we are now to take, embrace none ~
the territories already occupied by or ceded TO France
m ANN, h,,.N, {.
calculated 60 afford " 9;ps eOlonies and eox,er." r.,
france. The flores of modern Albania, {par, off he
ancient llyrieunl--the theatre too of Gear, qI,rvI
Is the Talent poins-EpirIs and Achaia and the Mo.
rea-the guPhs Of Lepanto, Coron and Napo; 4;
Romano, in the Nora; Engia Neyropont. SaJ,n;-
CHI AMI Conteifa-on the flores of Eurone rr.ra,,
the sufiiueJ of eolsnisalios.
Further on the bays of ThaiIo and the kew and pe-
ninina ct Gallipoi-the DardaneiIes and f.a of Mir
mora open by the Rolphorus, the Black Sea ;nt,
which the tributary Siret and ruth pour their
dreams thro' the majsitic Dannbe--the Dneinar m.
Bog and the Neiper, throw their variens riches ;nc
the Euxine defined pats by the Dardanepes m
the Mediterranean. On the Aiatic flores rrebifoDd
ana oniope, Bura, Smyrna and the thoulan,ls of
ports from thence to the guiph Of Satalie. The IL
ands celebrated but unnumoered, where protetanp
and wife government alone is wanting TO ren-v ,he
pepulat ON aud outrip the ipendor of ancient Greece
w thin the COATS here haniy glanced at rather
than dricribed, IS comprehended all ancient Greece
but above all Macedonia & rheffaly becauie occupied
oY Eree"s--c"niisupas thereto the ancient Dada
north OF the Danube, ruri5iih Moldava WaIachia
beiilrab'a, containing $1,000 fquare nes-anc,enr
M la now called Bulgaria and 5erva, together WITH
Beinla ionth Of the Danube, $1,000 fu,sre miles.
ne northern part of ancient Greece, conpreh.niinv
Nated"'ia, lheii,ly, Achaia and Beotia % 900
i1iare es--Tuket, Albania, CcIo ia, DllnAtia.
ana EP'ru' 1920 fquAre niles--the Penni.Iia Of
Pei"ponneilus, the Horea, 1900 falare n,,i,n
he WIN
provinces Ut 70 mania or Boil Eara, afford lt leah re-
iources TOR CO nerceand if not al, Certainly fulfil
Gent for the eab!ithment of po-ent colonies our
particular anticpa IONS concerning colonization are
directed to ancient Greece and MAcedonls is the
French evidently have dreaet; their arm and .Leir
treaties to chat Pont, NAH III the ii / intance d.
red our ipecuiItio in the fl ne way
The diSliion, commonly gwen in books of geoyrs-
ply, OF the rurkih provinces in ancient G. eece.
ext no where e(e but in thole books for i,b- Z ro
oontant mutations and To she caprces of chieftans
who the govern reht being de,tirure OF fc,enc. r.
CURES Iore ardto 1T la fron the inferior Of
hcers Greece has four fur6rh governors OF pacnas
oil the hyperion kind their governments are called
the Paehahcks of tapelitza Negropont jlnna and
SAloniea The firth of tneie caupreneuds the whole
oi Peenponheiius or the MJrea the iecond over the
Inland OF Egripo (;he ancien E455sn ancient 8eoti,
aud the eiitern part oil Phocis, Lepnto Tor Naupac-
tus) The PachI of tnla governs the who'll. Of an
cient Epirus; and that of Saonica the whole of Ma
oet!ona.
The farface of Greece contains so fQuare leaores
OF theie MleedonIa contains 5000 Eplrus from Dr;
10 to the phi of 4 rita, 1900; and the northern
Part of Gre 245o.
The population of Macedonia is about 100000 o,
$40 to iqnare league The Country of Zayo.s
tine ancient HieOn) preents the greatea as the Mo-
rea and Epirus preent the leaf, proportion of rh. no.
Puation of Greece. In Helicon 81 perons are com,
puted TO iquare league, the Morea not more
than halt thar number. Thrffy contains $4,000
perions but Epirus which is double the extent h,s
only 10000. Etoia, Phucs and Bcotia have
ieareeiy 200 900; and the population Of Africa does
not exceed 10000. The Morea, whnfe furlace 10
I,oO) fqnare leagues, has ies than 100000 ,nhab,-
tan's; aud the population of the whole of ancient
Greece Is e'tnnated as Mort of tao s7iuissy
Macedon, ihefay, the eaern par Of Phocis and
Seota are fertile countries The foil of Attica IS t
and adoPte 20 the production of barley and Olives
but tn Jf,rea sJteofibie Of evrry G5eeics of envsa
''-its valleys or botton lands producr wheat and ts
mountains abound in psiurAge. But Eprug every
where mountainous IS comparatively iferrle.
| The agricultural proiu lions of Maceioi alose.
are worth all thne Of the ref OF Greece Proiugi-
J ons OF inlu'iry are equally diltr,buted The
mott ndu1rIou' province is lhefiay, next Macedor,
and 10 ProgrelhVely, Epirus, the orea A,tiea. ard
ait OF all shat part of the Beot1s called IIvadta
the relt OF Beotia, Pnocis, and Locris nave no ma,
nula,iures.
We hail here enumerate the various articles of pro-
duse exported from heie counres-ra,y cotton oi va