Part 7

Author's Preparations to Depart. H. M. Ship Actæon. Lord Ponsonby 182

Visit to the Mosques. St. Sophia 183

Fate of Constantinople. Tribute of Respect to Lord Ponsonby 189

Armenian Painter. Poetical Description of Constantinople 190

My fellow-Passengers 192

Marble Quarries. Isle of Marmora 193

Greek Deputation. Anecdote 194

Pleasant Dormitory. Extraordinary Transformation 196

British Fleet. Gulf of Smyrna 199

French Squadron. King of Greece 200

Smyrna. Excessive Heat 201

Departure for Syra 202

Accident. Island of Scio 203

Island of Tinos. Quarantine 204

Landing of the King. Ship Launch 206

Festival of St. John the Baptist 208

Syra. Bishop's Palace 209

Ladies of Mycone. Costume 210

Delos. Vulgar Tourists 211

Modern Antique 213

Naxos. Paros. Beautiful Anchorage 214

Visit to Antiparos 215

Marine Prospects. Spotico 216

Entrance to the Cavern 217

Perilous Descent 218

Melodramatic Scene 219

Description by a Naval Officer. Magnificent Passage 224

Excessive Terror. Disappearance of the Guides 226