_Hence I could not but persuade the young Gentleman to oblige the world with this work, and to have it printed in such a manner, as his freinds should advise him. Tho I easily foresaw, that the doing of this would necessarily be attended with some difficulties; as Mr._ Chishull _had put into writing those occurrences, which he thought worthy of his notice, at such leisure minutes, as he could snatch from the constant fatigues of his journey; and by that means had sometimes not only thrown many things together without exact order, but often left the places cited from ancient writers to be supplied out of their own works. And besides, his hand being both small and hasty, was frequently not very easy to be read; so that many of the words, as to the manner of spelling, appeared doubtful and uncertain. This made it needful to have the whole first fairly transcribed, and then to fill up the quotations. The former task therefore I committed to a professed penman, and the latter I undertook myself. In the doing of which I not only carefully compared the transcriber’s copy with the original; but had recourse to the authors themselves, and took out of them the several passages, to which the references were made._ _When Mr._ Chishull _left_ England, _he was fellow of_ Corpus Christi _college in_ Oxford, _and had a grant of the traveler’s place from the president and society. He set sail from the_ Downs _September the 12, 1698, in the_ Neptune _frigate, Capt._ Thomas _commander, and arrived at_ Smyrna _November the 19 following. During the voyage, agreably to his usual diligence, he constantly kept a_ Journal _of what then offered. But as nothing very remarkable occurred at sea; for that reason the account of his_ Travels, _which is here published, begins with a_ Journey _undertaken by him some months after his settlement at_ Smyrna. _However as in his passage he went on shoar first at_ Cadiz, _then at_ Messina, _and after that in the island of_ Milo; _in each of which places he made several observations, which he afterwards sent in a_ Letter _from_ Smyrna _to Dr._ Thomas Turner, _president of his college: that_ Letter is _likewise now published at the end of this book_. _But as he has generally remarked the situation, government, and other curiosities, of the most considerable cities, thro which he passed; it may seem strange, that no account is here given of_ Smyrna, _the place of his residence, and where, as he himself tells us, he continued from November 19, 1698, to February 10, 1701-2. This however was occasioned by his design of treating upon that place in a more distinct and particular manner; for which purpose there is a large number of minutes, or heads, detached in a separate part of the book, relating both to the antient and present state of the city; which were afterwards to have been filled up, and inlarged. Tho as they are now left, nothing more appears, that can be of any service to the public, than what here follows._