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XXXIV.]
ADDITIONAL NOTE.
181
ADDITIONAL NOTE
TO
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The following extracts, from the Archives of the French Consulate, at
Khania, will alone exhibit a tolerably clear outline of the condition in which
the Christians of Crete found themselves for many years before the out-
breaking of the Greek revolution.
I will give a single passage, of ancient date, to shew how soon the
Khanidte Mohammedans acquired the character which they so long main-
tained. In the year 1726, a Frenchman was assassinated in the town of
Khania. The French Consul says, at a "deliberation," with "the nation,"
as the resident French merchants call themselves, "Nous connaissons la
niechancett: des habitans de cette ville, naturellement portes a la rebellion,
et appuyant toujours leurs compatriotes, a tort ou a raison, menafant s'il
arrive le moindre mal a Vauieur du meurtre, de rnettrc en pieces tons les
francais: ceux memes, avec les quels nous faisons du negoce, n'en parlent
pas autrement."
I will now pass on to the few years preceding the Greek revolution.
"Le 30 Avril, 1816. Les peuples de ces contre'es ne ressemblent en rien
aux autres peuplades de la Turquie. Le Turc habitue', envers le Grec, a
un genre de vie despotique, y est vain, insubordonne', inclin a la re'volte," &c.
"Le 15 Juin, 1819. Les 8, 9, et 10 du courant, des Turcs exciterent
une insurrection, en parcourant les villages circonvoisins, et en forcant les
habitans des campagnes de se .joindrc a eux pour marcher sur la Cane'c.
ADDITIONAL NOTE.
181
ADDITIONAL NOTE
TO
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The following extracts, from the Archives of the French Consulate, at
Khania, will alone exhibit a tolerably clear outline of the condition in which
the Christians of Crete found themselves for many years before the out-
breaking of the Greek revolution.
I will give a single passage, of ancient date, to shew how soon the
Khanidte Mohammedans acquired the character which they so long main-
tained. In the year 1726, a Frenchman was assassinated in the town of
Khania. The French Consul says, at a "deliberation," with "the nation,"
as the resident French merchants call themselves, "Nous connaissons la
niechancett: des habitans de cette ville, naturellement portes a la rebellion,
et appuyant toujours leurs compatriotes, a tort ou a raison, menafant s'il
arrive le moindre mal a Vauieur du meurtre, de rnettrc en pieces tons les
francais: ceux memes, avec les quels nous faisons du negoce, n'en parlent
pas autrement."
I will now pass on to the few years preceding the Greek revolution.
"Le 30 Avril, 1816. Les peuples de ces contre'es ne ressemblent en rien
aux autres peuplades de la Turquie. Le Turc habitue', envers le Grec, a
un genre de vie despotique, y est vain, insubordonne', inclin a la re'volte," &c.
"Le 15 Juin, 1819. Les 8, 9, et 10 du courant, des Turcs exciterent
une insurrection, en parcourant les villages circonvoisins, et en forcant les
habitans des campagnes de se .joindrc a eux pour marcher sur la Cane'c.