He thought it best to choose the latter course, and the Pasha kindly furnished him with a guard of horsemen as far as the frontier.

On the 22d they crossed into Georgia, and soon found themselves subjected to a most annoying quarantine of fourteen days.

The laws of the empire in that province were very oppressive, particularly in their operation upon travellers.

The ukase of the Emperor Alexander, favoring the introduction of foreign goods for ten years subsequent to 1822, had expired.

Consequently Mr.Perkins was not allowed to take any of his baggage with him, except wearing apparel, not even medicines; he was required to send all back into Turkey.