SAUVEUR LUSIGNAN
A series of letters. Addressed to Sir William Fordyce M. D. F.R.S., 1788: Vol. 1, p. 208-209
To the west of this city is a mountain, called by the Turks Witush; on the top of which are plains, abounding with various kinds of fragrant plants; there is likewise a gold mine, but it is not worked. The master of the inn in which I was, a very sensible man, told me that that spot during the summer was like a garden, and therefore bore the name of the King’s Garden. He showed me an amethyst, and a white sapphyr, which had been washed down by the rain from the mountains: several different kinds of precious stones are often picked up by the people of the country, who are afraid of discovering it, lest Government should compel them to work in search of them. This Turk with whom I entered into conversation, had travelled into Europe, and entertained a great partiality for all foreigners.
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