The same Night we came thither, there happened a great Fire, which the _Janizaries_ quenched, as their manner is, by plucking down the Houses adjoining. Upon occasion of this Accident, give me leave to inform you, that the _Turkish_ Soldiers are well-pleased when a Fire happens; for, whereas they must be employed to quench it, and usually do it by ruining the contiguous Houses, they have thereby an opportunity to rifle and plunder both; so that they themselves do oftentimes privily set Houses on Fire, that so they may filch and steal what they can out of them; as I remember once, when I was at _Constantinople_, there were frequent Conflagrations of Houses. ’Twas plain, they could not happen casually, but must be set on Fire a purpose, and yet the Authors could not be found; but the Fault was commonly cast on some _Persian_ Spies that were in Town: At last, upon a diligent Search, ’twas found that the Soldiers had stirr’d up their Fellows, that were a Ship-board, to do the Feat; that so, during the Fire, they might enrich themselves with the Spoils. Upon an high Hill, that hangs over and commands _Amasia_, there is a strong Castle, wherein the _Turks_ have a continual Garrison, either to curb the _Asiaticks_, who are not very well pleased with the _Ottoman_ Yoke (as I shall shew anon) or else to bridle the _Persian_, who many times make large Excursions even as far as this Town, though at such a vast distance from them. In this Hill there are some ancient Monuments, which, perhaps, were the Sepulchres of the _Cappadocian_ Kings.