tained.

_Naples, April, 1835._

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page

Departure of H.M.S. Actaeon with the British Embassy to
Constantinople 1

Island of Capri. Moonlight Scene 3

My first Night at Sea 4

Sunday on Board 5

Schoolmaster of the Actaeon. Muster of the Crew 6

Stromboli. Somma. Vesuvius 7

Scylla and Charybdis. Homer 8

The Faro. Messina. Preparations to land 9

Sea-sickness. A Host of Grievances 10

Man overboard. Life 11

Cerigo. Taygetus 12

Piping up the Watch. Pursers Bantam 13

Nauplia de Malvoisie 14

Classic Reminiscences. Argos 15

Sharks. Greek Costume 16

Character of King Otho 17

Hydra. Egina. Poros. Russian Fleet 19

Beautiful Landscape. Gulf of Salamis 20

Athens. The Piraeus. Olive Grove 21

English Residents at Athens 22

Visit to the Acropolis. Death of the Chieftain Ulysses 23

Insolence of the Turks 24

Grave of Tweddel. Byron's Grave 25

Armenian Missionaries. Temple of Theseus 26

Metropolis of modern Greece 27

Modern Improvements. Sir P. Malcolm 28

Value of Land. Speculators Plain of Troy. Fidelity of
Sir W. Gell's Map 30

Sources of the Scamander. The Golden Xanthus 31

Tombs of Hector and Paris. Bounarbashi 32

The Simois. Rural Excursion. Segean Promontory.
Tombs of Achilles and Patroclus 33

Passage of the Dardanelles. Influenza 34

Present to the Ambassador. French Fleet 35

Feast of the Bairam. Oriental Splendour 36

Sestos. Turkish Colonel. Castles of the Dardanelles 37

Beautiful Scene. Turkish Salute 38

First View