d by the winter's rain."

From Hydra Lord Cochrane proceeded to Egina, making a circuit in order
that he might have a view of Athens. "The Acropolis," he wrote, "with
the whole scenery at sunset, was beautiful. Alas, what a change! what
melancholy recollections crowd on the mind! There was the seat of
science, of literature, and the arts. At this instant the barbarian Turk
is actually demolishing, by the shells that now are flying through the
air, the scanty remains of the once magnificent temples in the
Acropolis."

He called at Egina on the 18th, in order to despatch letters, announcing
his arrival, to the Governing Commission, as it was called, then located
in the island, before proceeding to Poros, where he anchored on the
morning of the 19th. "The main entrance," we further read in his
journal, "is scarcely wide enough to work a ship in, if the wind is from
the land. The water, however, is sufficiently deep close to the shore;
and the port, when you have entered through this narrow channel, is one
of the finest in the world. There is another entrance towards the south,
but it is shallow and crooked, and consequently used only by small
vessels. The town of Poros consists of a number of irregularly-built
houses on the side of a hill, and merits the appellation of picturesque.
There are remains of temples on the island, and the stone is yet to be
seen on which Demosthenes is said to have been sitting when he was
recalled by Antipater to Athens, and in consequence of which recall he
took poison and died."

No sooner was the joyful intelligence conveyed to the inhabitants that
Lord Cochrane, the long-expected deliverer of Greece, had actually
arrived, than all the leading men who happened to be in Poros at the
time hurried on board the Unicorn to welcome their champion and to give
personal assurance of their devotion to him. The first to arrive was
Jakomaki Tombazes, who was now acting with Dr. Gosse as superintendent
of marine affairs, having surrendered the chief command of the fleet
into the hands of Andreas Miaoulis. Miaoulis himself soon followed, and
with him Alexander Mavrocordatos and many others. "Prince
Mavrocordatos," wrote Lord Cochrane's secretary, Mr. George Cochrane,
"was a short, stout, well-built man, of very dark complexion, with black
eyes, an oval face expressing great intelligence, and his hair very
long, hanging upon his shoulders. He was dressed in the European style,
and wore on his head a lit