New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-03


hour e. there vns No appearance OF the precious docn'
nents We .tsted tie baggage siso under e charged
surrogdjee and remained alone. Another hour passed.
bv and ye. ano,her aud ihe Boy stu occupied IN
sIeer;pg OF his hunger Mr. Harrison, n dcsp>rato''
wer,to the Office ard after delay rerc'vcd me
passports with q VIE but not We alterward o-coF-
| cred, the necessary one.
| II was 4 o'clock bv the time we LEFT Brousa. Our
hor.es were stif clumsy Iackbeasts, but by avn o.
vhps and the sharp shovelstirruPs, we forced mem
into trot and made them keep IL The road was wen
travelled and by asking everybody We met Boz yo'
Noydania yedering" O. this the way 70 NoudaniaO
we had 10 difficulty IN finding IT, The PLAIN IN ininy
places il msrshy and trayersed By several streams
low range OF hills stretches across aud nearly closes H.
the united waters finding their outlet By narrow val
ley on the north From the top OF the hiil we haa
Grand view looking back over the pian, with the long
line Of Brousas rnnarets gering through the inter-
rninable croves at the foot Of the mountain Olympus
himself now showed superb outline the cloud hung
about his shoulders but his snowy head was bare Be
fore US lay broad rich valley, extending in front 20
the mountains Of Moudania The country was well
cultivated with large farming Establishments here and
! there
The sun wac set;ing reachedthe summit ridge.
where stood little guardhouse A. we rode over the
crest Olympus disappeared and the Sea OF Narmora
lay before u.s. spreading out from the Gulf Of houdans'
which was deep and blue among the hills 20 sn open
line against the Beyond that misty line lay Eu-
rope which had not for nearly nine months, and
the gulf below me was the bound Of my tent and saddle
life But one hour more, old horse. Have patience
with my Ethiopian thong and the sharp corners OF my
Turkish stirrups but one hour more, and promise
never TO molest you again! Our path wss downward
and marvel that the poor brute did not sometimes
10 the pack however and his habits settled
Turk's We passed beautiful village in a valley on the
right and came into olive groves and vineyards as the
dusk was creeping on 1t was lovely country, OF or
cherds and gardens with fountains spouting by the
wsyside and country houses perched on the reep- In
another hour we reached the seashOre II was now
nearly dark but we could the tower of Aoufana
some distance 10 the west
still in a continual tTot we rode on AMI AZ we ur ="
near Mr. H. fired the gun 70 announce our approach
Al the entrance Of tine town found the SourruDee
waiting to conduct us We clauercd through the
rough streets for what seemed endless length OF
time The Ramazon gun had Just fred, the rninaret'
were Illuminated and the cOicohouses were ned with
people Finally Francois who had been almost in des-
pair at our non appearance hailed us with the welcome
news that he had engaged caque, and that our bag
gage was already embarked We only needed tn
tcskeres to Get them and went upon the balcony
of coffee -housc oveihanging the ahd smoked
nargileh.
But here there WIS another history. The tcskercs
had no; been properly ved Brouse and the Governor
AT first decided TO send us back Taking Francois how
| ever for Turk, and finding that hal regularly
passed Iarontine hc signed them after delay Of an
hour and half and left the shore weary, impatient
and wolhsh with Twelve hours fasting Acup OF Brouscn
beer and piece Of bread brought into better mood
and who began to feel sick from the rolling of the
caique lay down my bed, which spread at the
bottom and found a kind Of uneasy sleep The sail
hosed at fret, to get across the mouth OF the
Gulf but soon the Greeks took to their They
were silent however aud though only slept by its
the night wore away rapidly. A. the lawn was deep
CHING INTO lIttlc blight In the northern side o.
the promontory whore stood picturesque Greek vii
lsgc the foot Of the mountains The houses were Oi
wood with balconies ovcrgIown with srapeyines aud
there a fountain Of cold excellent water the
very beach. Some Greek boatmea smoking in
the poriico OF cafe shore and two i.hcrmen who
had been out before dawn to catch sarjines were
emrtyng their Of the spoil Our men kndlcd
fire on the sand end roasted d Ct the FISH some
OF the lat nights hunger remained and the meal hal
enough of that seasoning TO be delicious.
After giving our men an hours rest, we set Oh Tor
over the CLASSY plain of the sea. Tho Gulf Of Isknd
or Nooncdis opened away to the east between two
mountain heedlands The morning intensely hot
and sultry, and but for the protection of umbrella,
we should have suffered greatly There fiery
blue vapor tie and thunder cloud hid IN shor
! OF ThTsce. Now and then came a light put of wind.
whercupon the men would ship the li.tlc mast, and
! crowd on enormous quantity OF sail SO sailing
and rowing noared the Islands with the stor H. but
Il advance, .owy enoul 10 allow to the mosques
OF - Sophia and Sultan Achmod. cleaning far ani
! white, like iccber-s astrey torrd sea. Another
cloud pouring its rain tie Asian shore and
made haste get the handing n Prinkpo before II
should reach From the south the group of islands
s not remarkable for beauty. Oaly four Of them
Prinkipo, Chalk, Protc and Antigone-lre inhabited
! the other hvo being merely barren rocks.
THERE'S m ancient Con, ent ON the summit OF Prn.
lipo, where the Empress rene-ihe contemporary OF
Cherloinsguc-l buried The town il on the northern
side Of the lland and consists mostly OF the summer
residence, of Greek and Armenian mcrchans Many Of
these are large and stately houses surrounded with
hands ONE gardens. The streets are shaded with sycs-
morcs, and the number Of coaeehousc shows thst the
place lie much frequened on iestsl days Accompany Of
drunken Greeks singing in violation Of I'LL meter
and harmony-s di-cord the more remarkable since
nothing could be aa5c,ionate than their conduct
toward each other Nearly everybody was in Frank
costume. and cur Oriental habits, especially the rel
Tartar boots attracted much observation. ! began 70
feel awkward and absurd aud lcnged to show myself
Christian once more
Leaving Prinkpo We made for Coa-'endnoplc
whose long array OF marble dome. and gilde1 spires
cleaned hike far mirage over the waveless sea It
faint and distant anu dszzng to be substantial
1t was Ike one Of these imaginary cities which we
build in cloud fused in the light OF the setting sun
But nesred the point of Chacedon, running
along the Asian shore, those airy piles gathered fern
and SUBJ tInoe. The pnRsces OF the Sersglo shot up