St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
Letter from Turkey.

Wy last letter left me in Scotland
From Edinburgh we came ON through
England and France. spending Il week
III London and three or four days in
ParI>. and then taking steamer again at
MarSeIllcs for our eastern home. |
should like to go over the ground apai.
;is c'cer"nc iol the readers of the CdIedO-
man, but time would fail me to 90 over
it all. and hardly know which part 10
omit.
would have you pass the Sabbath
wllhme ut beautiful Strattord- on Avon.
sitting again i'll the same room and i'm
the same chair whrlr Washington Irv-
my wrote. "Shall not take mine ease
at mine inn and visit the home
the relics and the last resting place of
the immortal poet We would look
again on the gray ivy-covcrcd walls of
old kcniworth and then 90 on to busy.
/ huStlng London. OF course we must
visit ''llcr Maiestl'S Tower once II
castle, Il dungeon and Il palace St
Paul :. with lis >tuprndouS dome. the
Houses Of Parliament, - the Thames
eStmln>tcr Abbey. II but no, we shall
never have done with our musings il
We go there together Never shall
forget the thrill that came over me as
stood at the tomb of old Chauccr.-as
read 80 Rare Ben JonSon." ur aS >at
10y the bust of Addison and read his
own words written in the same place
mole than one hundred and fifty NcaIS
ago.
\ dozen letters might bc written
about Paris. even of the wonders and
beauties seen i'll my short stay there.
but instead will hasten on to Mar
est in this rocky city. The Cathedral
/ of Notrc Dame standing on Il higl bluff
has Il fine view of the city. surrounded
/ 10y NineN ards and fruit trees. and OF the
beautiful harbor filled with all kinds of
shipping. But the streets w,rv h...,t,.
the sounds that greeted our English
ears were meaningless .lar%on and the
sun WAS intensely hot. 81 we were glad
To take refuge on our steamer, 'lhc
tambudpc and set sail on the blue Med
llerIancan. 1t wa> Saturday, sept. u.
and vi hen night closed in we were, tar
out at sea. While on the Atlantic We
thought the phrase ''thc dark blue sea
Was Il fraud. tor the water WAS very
green. Not 81 the Mediterranean which
is il beautiful deep blue. Our passage
WAS IL very pleasant one. The SEA WAS
calm. and We wcIc ont "f sight of land
not more than tw" days time. On sun
day We passed thIough Inc Strait of Bon
itacio with the rocky shores of Sardinia
on our right aud Corsica ON the left and
on Monday anchored in the Bay of Ma
piles.
\ delay of two or three hours here
was Just enough time for us to place our
feet on Italian soil. Placing ourselves
in charge of an English speaking guide.
we drove through some of the streets.
visited one or two old churches. walked
through the brilliant marble halls of
/ the royal palace and then returned To
the steamer. Aside from the fact that
| have been in Italy, am SorrH we
landed. One ought to stay longer or
not go at all. | suppose there are beau
tiful works ofar in Naples. we'll worth
an extended visit. but the charm that
hangs around the name of this ancient
city vnniShcS when one has time only
to see its narrow streets filled nith dirty
monks and dirtirr hrggarS. Such at
least are my impressions.
fahcy. however the old provcrh.
.'-cc Naples, and die. WAS uttered
from the llarbor The Bay of Naples is
worthy of lis fame. AT its head lies the
city with the castle of st. Elmo looking
down upon it. On the left are ancient
Rar and Putroli, while on the right
the crags of old NcSuviuS frown upon
the modern towns of llcrculanenm and
pumpcii. which stand above the graves
of their ancestors, buried eighteen hun
'I''l ,N'''i" u.s.
Nothing can be grandrr than the sight
of this majestic volcano: its sides rag
rrd and torn. whitfs of smoke now
and then rising from its immense crater
and broad lava streams now hard, ana
cold. and brown, reaching down +" the
water. One trcmhleS at the Thought of
the terrific power pent up within It's
bosom. which may again burst forth
carry ing ruin and desolation on its path
The whole southern coast of Italy, aS
tar as we saw it. bears traces of volcan-
ic action as witnessed by the irregular
and In oxen rocks. | had Il great desire
TO see some of Natures fireworks
from a diStance-and for this reason
left my berth ut three o'clock the next
morning as we were passing Stromb"ll'
But The Light house of the Medlter-
ranean" was off duty that night ana my
wish was not granted. The once dread
eel Scylla and Charyhdis have lost their
ancient terrors and did not so much H.
disturb my morning nap as we passe"
them. When again appeared on deck
we were through the Strait OF Messiil'
near the town of Reggie (the Rhegiuiil