tle cloth cap. He also habitually wore
spectacles. His manners indicated a man perfectly accustomed to the
society of persons of rank. He immediately entered into familiar
conversation with Lord Cochrane in the French language. He carried his
pipe with him, which he continually smoked. Miaoulis was dressed in the
Hydriot fashion; but, of course, as became a primate of the island, his
attire was of a description much superior to that of his poorer
fellow-countrymen.[1] His countenance was open and dignified, and so
calm that it appeared like a rock which nothing could move. Not that it
had any character of sternness in it; on the contrary, it possessed a
placidity, blended with firmness, which was anything but forbidding. The
moment Miaoulis came on deck, he cordially shook hands with Lord
Cochrane, and a broken conversation commenced between them in Spanish,
Miaoulis speaking that language but imperfectly. At the period in
question he commanded the _Hellas_ frigate. He knew perfectly well that
Lord Cochrane's arrival would take the command out of his hands.
Nevertheless, he evinced not the least jealousy, but was one of the
first to offer his services under Lord Cochrane. 'I know my countrymen,'
he said, 'and that I can be of service to your lordship on board the
frigate. I will therefore sail under your command.' Such an offer was
not to be refused, and he was requested to remain on board. Miaoulis
informed Lord Cochrane that the hope of Greece rested in the _Hellas_,
and in the quondam merchant brigs belonging to private individuals in
the islands of Hydra, Spetzas, Poros, and Egina, amounting to about two
hundred and fifty. These vessels had been armed as men-of-war; some had
been turned into fireships, and it was the latter that struck so much
terror into the Turks, several Turkish vessels of the line and frigates
having been destroyed under the guidance of the brave Kanaris, a native
of the ill-fated island of Psara."

[1] "These men," says the same authority, "generally speaking, from
their complexions, evinced that they had been mariners all their lives,
the sun having well tanned them. They wore small red caps, from which
their hair flowed wildly down their shoulders. On the upper lip they
wore very long mustachios, which the older ones were continually
curling, and bringing out the point. They wore trousers of blue cotton,
and a jacket; and by the immense capacity of the former, I should
suppose