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the Governor of the Town to enąuire whether it wili be necessary to have an Escort tomorrow over the Mountains.— The Language here is very curious most of the People speak German, Wallachian, Sclavonian & Hungarian & often Modern Greek.— PS — Love to all. T shall not write again before I get to Constantinople. The Water here is very bad whieh is misery in sueh a Ciimate We had a Cup of English Tea this mor-ning but alas finished it. —We shall get no morę, I fear & I never knew the value of Tea till this Journey. — God bless you all adieu! I have been ill for a day or two inthe Journey but am now perfeetly recovered&well.

Robert Stoclcdale to Rev. William Storkdale, Constantinople, 8 August

1794 (The Stockdale Papers, Mears Ashby Hall, Northamptonshire).

Direct to me as before aux soins de Mess"

Łe Comle Fries & C° Yienne

Constantinople August 8^,h [1794]

Dear Brother

We have now gotten to the Extent of our Journey & have been here about a fortnight, during which Time I have been confined to my Boom if not to my Bed. I have however spent much morę of the Time on the Bed than off it. — I was taken ill the Day of my Arrival & have had such Sweats & pains in the Head as I never e\perienced before I am now thank God much recovered & feel little but weakness, which I trust will go in a few days. — My complaint was a fever brought on by travelling through great Heats, lodging at badHouses &ccc.— We left Yienna about 7 weeks ago travelled to Buchoresti in Carriages which we left there to be disposed of. — Our journey through Wallachia of which this Buchoresti is the Capital was dreadful — No thing to eat no where to sleep we begged our Lodging & slept one night at the House of a Nobleman who was from Home but his Wife received us very kindly gave us some smoak-ed dried meats to supper with some wormwood Winę. <— She had been handsome & had a charming greek Dress received us sitting cross legged on a Divan which is a very large Sopha. — She begged our longer stay & said her Husband would have been very glad to see us — She had one Child which was nmch entertained with uą & our Dresses &, as a play-fellow had a little Slave which she had bought of the Turks in the last War. — At Night she retired & left us the large Diran to sleep upon where we slept vcry comfortably in our Cloaths. Tt was perfeetly free from Termin which had abounded in our Quarters for some Nights before.—I slept five Nights without taking off my Cloaths & at last was quite habi-tuated to it. — From Buchoresti we set our [dd. on Horsebackr with a Cavalcade of from ten to twelve Horses] & travelled to the Danube in large heavy Waggons travelling thus three days.— The Weather was hot the ground parched & we never sleeping but in the Waggons with all the Luggage &cc & going all Night & all Day.— After Crossing the Danube we took Horses, to the number of ten or twelve & set out travelling often all