Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-01-12
EUROPE IN CORRESP ONDEVCE.
ATnEHs, Greece, Ocl. s. lS45
YOU see we da'e from
Fair Greece ! sad relic Of departed worth,

YOU see da'e from
Fair Greece sad relic Of departed WORTH
Immortal Though no more,-tiI"ueh fallen great
Aud really the deary des"laivn Of the country atd
thu graded appearance Of The inhabitants has banisl,.
I'd from my mind all The romantic notions had formed
d il, and nlly prepares 10 give you simple nara
tive o our trip here, and to speak Of things have
SEEN them. We left Trieste the evening Of the LIST
instant, and lovelier evening never AS we bid
dleu 10 that pretty town, surrounded by lis barren hills
We had fur our passengers, IN the first ella IS, which
occupied perhaps you do know that ia this coun-
Try the sea bOals have their divisions each decreasing
in prlce, the rail r,ads Eng lishmen and a
German, who is private Secretary to King Ohio. The
sccod class occupied by company opera singers
who goag to Cons,snlinople for the winter hich
cumpt ted number. The first object which gave me
dtgh, was the sunset the Adnaiic-i have never
witnessed any thing of the kind truly BEAUTIFUL aud
had hnero thought that "a of goId" existed alone
IN mets Imagination. We were most highly favored in
having tar weather and the gloomy day sea sickness
from Venice to Trieste, nich So much feared wouid
be repeated, was soon forgotten hen sailed So gently
over The PLACID waters Of unIulpd sea- Storms ar,
requen, add terrible this sea-and il is said IN h :,
characteristic OF these waters. that il is perlec, calm ~,
rough aud dangerous SEA. We kept in syht of tho
barren and desolale shores of Damaa tor nearly iva
days. but as we arrived near The island of Corfu the AL
han'an coast made lis appearance. This is the ancient
lllyrcum. We arrived Corfu ON the morn,no of the
third day, and rested there hafa day. We took lttle
boa, aud went ashore and rambled all over the
ihls Island is under the protection (povernmen,) Of
England, and as we approached we saw the English
manner waving IN the top of strong and beautiful for
ona'on not yet quite completed and in the streets Ems
gsh officers and red coats in abundance The streets
are very narrow and dirty. Here for The first time we
saw any numoer of AlbaRans assembled ogether-leir
costume is quite singular and very gay some OF the
men were dressed very gorgeousy, kred The knees
WIN ling white Kilt guild worked coat, crimson vel
VET Jacket with silver mounted dagger-lheir complex
IONS are very dark, and with their long mustaches give
e'n Truly terocious appearance, and in reality their
snul looks and the intense heat Of the sun, made
gao 10 retreat 10 the shady awning of the Elleno, Ohe
"a"t OF cur boat,) and parake of some fresh plucked
which we had bought for irle in the streets
W.. que different fruit and Of far delicious fla
h.., ~eh ealen newly gathered from the tree. They
another fruit here celed gzeloes native of this
OF dark color and small size. resembling the date
h"' cut SO rich that but few lime
NJ are dried and kept in that state for long time
'e we lett, man To steamer with boa
nelon s ""'o" "''0 ''e ''''A'' anu "a'''
h.u, lett Corfu at half past twelve and were soon
our course into the waters Of the Mediterranean
n. was very perceptble from the increased motion OF
vs Sa'. and elt little regret part from The lovely
!, OF The Adriac. The evening was made pleasant
@ eow passengers, the Actors, frequently favoring
WIN snaiehes from several operas There were three