But, disgusted with the scenes he had witnessed in his native land, he felt that passion revive within him which, in his youth, had led him to visit Africa and Asia.

America, civilized within a century, and free only within a few years, fixed his attention.

There every thing was new,--the inhabitants, the constitution, the earth itself.

These were objects worthy of his observation.

When embarking for this voyage, however, he felt emotions very different from those which formerly accompanied him into Turkey.