The Franks are favourably disposed towards this despot, whose subjects cherish a very opposite feeling.

His government is very lenient to Christians, while the Mussulmen are obliged to bend their necks beneath a yoke of iron slavery.
This view of villas and gardens only lasts for two hours at the most.

Afterwards we continue our journey to Atfe through a very uniform and unsatisfactory region of sandy hills and plains.

On the right we pass the Mariotic Sea; and on both sides lie villages of a very wretched appearance.
August 19th.
At eleven in the forenoon we reached Atfe, and had therefore travelled about 180 sea-miles in sixteen hours.

Atfe is a very small town, or rather a mere heap of stones.
The landing-places were always the scenes of my chief troubles.