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RESEARCHES
IN
ASIA MINOR,
8?c. 8;c.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Smyrna—Plague—Hussein Bey—His rapacity—Leave Smyrna—Cruise down the
Coast of Ionia—Fouges, anc. Phocaja—-Ritri, anc. Erythr;e—Ruins—Acropolis
—Walls—Sail for Sigbajik—Ruins of Teos.
November 1, 1836.—On my return to Smyrna I found the
inhabitants in great alarm in consequence of the plague at
Constantinople : this continued during the months of No-
vember and December. The mortality for nearly six weeks
was estimated at 6000, 7000, and even !>0C0 per week, be-
sides women, children, and slaves: the whole amount of
deaths in Constantinople and the suburbs during this
autumn being roughly estimated at above 100,000. No
quarantine being then permitted by the predestinarian
creed of the Turks, the Franks of Smyrna naturally dreaded
its arrival amongst them, and their fears were but too well
founded. It is, however, a remarkable fact, not yet satisfac-
torily explained, that the plague is never very destructive
at Smyrna, when brought thither direct from Constantino-
ple, whereas that of Egypt spreads immediately, and is of
the worst character. An instance of the non-contagion of
the Constantinople plague had just occurred in the case of
vol. n. b
IN
ASIA MINOR,
8?c. 8;c.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Smyrna—Plague—Hussein Bey—His rapacity—Leave Smyrna—Cruise down the
Coast of Ionia—Fouges, anc. Phocaja—-Ritri, anc. Erythr;e—Ruins—Acropolis
—Walls—Sail for Sigbajik—Ruins of Teos.
November 1, 1836.—On my return to Smyrna I found the
inhabitants in great alarm in consequence of the plague at
Constantinople : this continued during the months of No-
vember and December. The mortality for nearly six weeks
was estimated at 6000, 7000, and even !>0C0 per week, be-
sides women, children, and slaves: the whole amount of
deaths in Constantinople and the suburbs during this
autumn being roughly estimated at above 100,000. No
quarantine being then permitted by the predestinarian
creed of the Turks, the Franks of Smyrna naturally dreaded
its arrival amongst them, and their fears were but too well
founded. It is, however, a remarkable fact, not yet satisfac-
torily explained, that the plague is never very destructive
at Smyrna, when brought thither direct from Constantino-
ple, whereas that of Egypt spreads immediately, and is of
the worst character. An instance of the non-contagion of
the Constantinople plague had just occurred in the case of
vol. n. b