Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . led beneath, are from time to time thrownup in jets between the opening rafters, and bedaub the pe-destrians in a ridiculous manner. Although now so consi-derable a town, Jassy was not the seat of government untilthe year 1574, when Moldavia fell under the power of theOttomans. The ancient capital and bishops see was Suczava,a town in Upper Moldavia, situated in a valley, near the sourcesof the Prut, at the roots of the Transylvanian Alps, whichplace is now a heap of ruins, and included in the AustrianBuckovine. Jassy first
Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . led beneath, are from time to time thrownup in jets between the opening rafters, and bedaub the pe-destrians in a ridiculous manner. Although now so consi-derable a town, Jassy was not the seat of government untilthe year 1574, when Moldavia fell under the power of theOttomans. The ancient capital and bishops see was Suczava,a town in Upper Moldavia, situated in a valley, near the sourcesof the Prut, at the roots of the Transylvanian Alps, whichplace is now a heap of ruins, and included in the AustrianBuckovine. Jassy first became known in modern history,during the wars of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden and Peterthe Great of Russia, when the Russian army, after havingtaken it, narrowly escaped being made prisoners of war by the 160 JASSY. Turks under Baltagi. It was again occupied by the Russians in1739, 1771, and 1788, on which last occasion it was held bythem till 1792, when it was restored by the treaty of Jassy,signed in January, 1792, by Prince Repnin, and the GrandVizier 161 CHAPTER XIII. Marsh Effluvia. — Wolves. — Wolf-Dogs. — Greek Churches. — Fate ofPrince Mourousi. — Character of Greek Hospodars. — Hippomulgi. —Xamohis. — Longevity. — Grecian Repasts. — Night Scene on theMountains. — Bislat the ancient Palloda. — Ups and Downs. —Roman Causeway. — Scythian Barrows and Funeral Rites. — ServianBurials and Graves. — Galatz. — Turkish Governor Tomi. Xhe exhalations from the numerous marshes around Jassy, ren-der the inhabitants very unhealthy, and cause annually a greatmortality amongst them from the severe intermittent and re-mittent fevers of which they are the cause. At any time like-wise when the plague has entered Moldavia, Jassy has beenfound to suffer most severely; for example, in 1771, during theplague before alluded to, the Russian garrison here lost a pro-digious number of men, including the general in command,named Stoffeln, who by his f
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