[…] There are about 26 mosques. There is also an archbishop, who has a new church. The whole is under the government of a mullah, one of the dignitaries of the Mahometan religion. The archbishop’s house is the best lodging, and the mullah, on the sight of a firmahn, will order him to receive a traveler. The inhabitants seem bigotted and inhospitable. It is pretended that Larissa contains 20,000 souls.
[…]At Larissa camels are used for carrying merchandize, and caravans march thence as far as to the frontier of Hungary. In the plain cars are commonly used, and a Turkish coach, the boely of which is made of a sort of woolen cloth, can go as far as Thanmaco, towards the south.
