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.ia the snsfnoca o. ihis ssas day. re entered he
Sosss oi he.s,ss, sni we're sorn - ths mis>a oi
'ss uasissg wst<ss Of Ctesyhdi aAd losktsg
foosf vWh eager eyre Tor o<yfia. No ons vho~-
imssiastios has bsea kiadieJ By the terrible de-
sefip'ioa. Of Homer and Virgil. can appfoseh this
tcEtpa without emotion thoogh was prepared
~ ths Description q many .tefa travellers, TO be-
i,evs iho~e memorable lines TO be almoss poetic &c
uoes. But ssd not prvceeded far peel The en-
trace before The increased .ve~2 % the iuitu.
ient wstefs boiling arsuad u,. and the strength Of
the mighty esfrsn, pressing seaiass ship,
u1es tssa'nr Us from oof direction. sne almost
sHesisae OF progress, though u too of the pow-
sfiai sieamsf ssssnae. brought tack my fof mer
TONNAGE, W Dot the aseisst terto O..
We had, 70 Tact reached The 0usifs jpst ~ the
tide. vhtcA svssps reeslsrlv kroreh them every
sss'se soSss. vac &c la ran ssse7.is; e-s % 80
qsissd 10 inssiss,ios 10 zee. that 10 Q ~mp-st
sseh % mariaefs ohes meet In these reg 'ens. the
vsssrs vosk be - pedisss Q. ne y>sts have de-
seitbe1 them-sef that ne n-et Of Ulysses mig s
Chsrybdis. There y Q iova of ssvsrsi tLeu. ssi
tnhabiisnu upoa the banks that they siii call seyi-
To- sad some 81 our company poisiei 10 the rocky
shore ~ scyllA hself Bat as ws paved slosiy
ihrossh the clear bloc water far down by the sides
OF our ship, and my mind iastsniiy full Of the
old mythology ofthe spot remembered the sto-
~ OF Seyiis, and perhaps !, may appear ~ besuii-
iui To mv res;sn a. u eI to me al this ineiestsg
nlon-nt.
Gree. isaisas ef the charms Of the beau,ifui
Seyila, poisoned the iOanisia xhsfe she came 70
battle. AZ SOFA as che had touch the ssiers she
fonnd every pafi Of her boiS below The waist
changed Into ffighusl monsters like dog. and her,
seifsappofied By twelve iest of hideous fofrn sh.
vssso terrified Al her dreadful ne,amorphosi. that
she threv hefs.if n'o the strait and ia.,a.tlv he
can, the rocks through whose rough esviir. ihe,e
wsisFs haveeyrr since Iuskei and Iosred so mourn.
folly.
IL "a. donb,ess TO this myth that virril IA. in
d.h'rd for ~, description in the ~ Book Of tA-
IL ell. soi which have read with ne~ Interest
since looked down into Ihs deep waters Serbia
ne ,sys, dwvit far down ia the hidies caves I've.
meath III. wser-a virgin IL BE- auiifuI for IN and
yttabideoas monster, drsFFioe down mighty shig.
10 her fatal embrace. But W. e.car-i. slosiy
bot .nrcly we passed on toward. the riiy ~ Mes
SRA the banks on the Siciiisn ,Iie being at every
poipi enriehei With the highest euiv atioa ard the
Shois scene conbia.tioa Of tue beautiful and
fflni. rarely seen IN our world
L-asing Mc,sina lust a. the ,un went Soun b.
hind The Sirilisr moubiains we spent The last mo-
menis Of The .eiiing DAY in gazing az RrsEic the
ancient Rhcsium, opposite 10 Me,.ins where
Pau waited one day for the south wind 10 blow
lev hours more brought q, again into n. opsn
sea; and now, after nearly ten DAYS 81 the rno,t
r'ss>snt sailing, the lover.Adriaile is passed ard
the seven ISLANDS ,nsti,u,irg the Ionisn Rrrubie
are arounf Ne ant the COST. OF ,hf aneieut Pelo-
Ponnesus are looming up into vis~