Constantinople, like all the capitals of nations in
a state of decay, alone oflfers an appearance of
population and of life. Out of a population of
700,000 souls, about one-third are Turks ; the rest
are Jews, Christians, Armenians, Franks, Greeks,
Bulgarians. On the banks of Pont-Euxine the
native populations prevail ; and the Turks are
there a>s well as everywhere else diminishing. In
Turkey in Europe there is but one great city —



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Adrianople. It contains, 40,000 Turks. Philip-
popoli, Sophia, Nissa, Belgrades, and the small
intermediate towns, may possess 30,000. In Ser-
via and Bulgaria there is scarcely a Turk for each
village ; and in the other provinces of Turkey in
Europe it is just the same. Since the Porte has
lost Syria, the total Turkish population in the two
continents does not exceed two and an half millions.
