[62]. America.
[63]. A form of deprecation, as much as to say, “May the devil take no advantage of the suggestion.”
[64]. 1792, A.D.
[65]. It would appear that this person had returned from an embassy to Turkey.
[66]. The author seems here to allude to the Empress Catherine, and to some project that had been laid before her of completing the conquest of Constantinople.
[67]. Western or European Christians.
[68]. The Empress.
[69]. The Archipelago.
[70]. These reservoirs are situated among the hills and woods between the Black Sea and Propontis, in the forests of Belgrade and Domouzdéré.
[71]. The author of the project most probably meant the taking possession of the reservoirs, and suspending the course of the waters to Constantinople.