Excerpt from Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert Into Egypt: During the Years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in Company With the Turkish Army, and the British Military Mission, Also Through Germany, Holland, &C., On the Return to EnglandAttached in a professional capacity to the British Mi~ litary Mission which accompanied the army of the Grand Vizier In its route through Turkey, syiia, and Egypt, du ring the late memorableb campaign, he was certainly in a situation peculiarly advantageous for Observing the man ners, customs, and habits Of the Turkish nation, not only in peace, but In war. His profession afi'orded him many opportunities for Improving these advantages, by an inti mate communication not only with the wand Vizier hin self, but with the principal personages of the Ottoman empire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.