1 with the approach of spring, however, it was radically cured.
2 Amongst the many remedies which I applied, I.ruvHonia inernaa
3 proved (the most effective. Every evening, before going to bed,
4 1 applied to the affected part the pulverized herb, with as much
5 water as was sufficient to make a soft poultice. In the morning
6 1 washed it off", but the place continued ml; it is the same liorb,
7 indeed, with which the fair sex in the East stain their hands and
8 feet. To strengthen my body, and especial]. my feet, I also used
9 sea-bathing, which had a very good effect. From Sissopolis, we
10 arrived, after a voyage of two days, at Constantinople. The
11 view of, the panorama of the Turkish capital and its environs,
12 which we had on entering the Bosphorus, was so line, and'so im¬
13 posing, that I felt compensated for all the dangers and troubles
14 hitherto endured, and completely forgot them. for the time. In
15 winter (the middle of December lSlli) nature was still arrayed
16 in green. This, however, did not last long; for in the beginning
17 of January a heavy fall of snow, three feet deep, took place, and
18 it grew much colder than I expected to find it in StambuJ.
19 Before the expiration of the year 1817, I had ;ui opportunity
20 of continuing my journey towards Jerusalem, a city 1 ''.us de¬
21 sirous of visiting. I was engaged as physician in ordinary to the
22 Governor of Tocat, with whom I travelled into the interior of
23 Asia Minor. However agreeable this journey might have been
24 during the summer, it was very fatiguing during the winter, as
25 almost every step cost us an effort, and we made our way with
26 difficulty through the snow which covered the high mountains of
27 Asia Minor. The caravan of the new governor, with whom I
28 travelled, consisted of sixty horses and mules. One day we lost
29 our way during a violent snow-storm in the mountains of Anato¬
30 lia, and we had to pass a very bad night, till at last we got out
31 of the deep snow, a id found a village. On this journey I began
32 t o make a collection of antiques (ancient Greek coins and engraved
33 nones), which at that time were easily obtained at the silver¬
34 smiths, at a low price. 1 regret I did not then so well understand
35 the value of them. From Tocat I travelled to Aleppo, passing
36 through Kaisari, Tharsus, Adana. Alexamlretta. and Anti whin.