The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-05-18

taf hHl thf bonuses hlch art iar TIE
no4t parl white ana clean are covered With
tiles Tie streets 4re narrow and crooked
ana ara paved uiiA angular payemepts
The people All. 40 exceedingly unprepos
" sung lot, in iaci tAo life displayed on
the quay paI,ock very much q the nature
q Tue hrsnud was told ~ gentle
mau Oh board tia, il has bccu but recent.
that il was safe 10 venture on the streets
even IA broad day light Tor the rascals
would knock you down and rob you aud
walk leisurely away Tie last governor,
however put . stop 70 that sort Of bnsi
ness by putting about olo hundred Of
them % death 81 noon the air was de-
ligbuullg warm aud in the afternoon We
left, following the coast north until half.
past nine ID the evening when We east an
chor AZ Mityleue
/ let Alexandra for Coustautinoplo Al
noon 81 Feb list ia the steamer lagoon Of
the line Of his Majesty, the khediye Of
Egypt, The vessel was commanded 10y
an Austrian, with Greek pilot The
fist. second anl thin [ engineers were En-.
gll.h hnt al tie rest Of the crew were Ma.
homeians. The filth aud truck lying
about the deck was something fearful
The third class passengers live on the up
per deck they camp there, One old rep.
rebate Turk was bringing over some WON.
en- with him and be had them in one cor
| ner Of the deck behind canvas screen
| Everything up there however was destined
/ TO be disturbed for when We had gotten
out into the rough weather, which was at
| o'clock tie next morning, the sea just
\ fdamca over that deck and rather swept
things When ] came mp next morning
found everything afloat aud knocking
about, ropes. spurs, boxes, bread, bed
clothing boots, shoes, etc, and around
! the smoke-stack found huddled lot OF
| ill-clad, in fed, shyering heather, munich.
ing bread soaked in the salt water OF the
Mediterranean. ! could not help feeling
little sorry for these poor sailors, for
their condition is not very pleasant one.
| They get no pay aud are bound Tor life to
the Egyptian government They get very
! little to eat and have nothing warm ia
wear. You can imagine their condition,
exposed in this manner to fierce north.
east wind, with temper ture but little
above freezing, and dren4ned to the skin.
Some of the squalls we had were just about
equal to what you have in Vermont, the
hail driving in terribly about the decks.
We had tins weather until the afternoon
of February 3. when we sighted Mount
Ida aud tho islands to the east of Crete,
As | arose the next morning | found the
vessel passing between the islands of tho
archipelago and steering for Praeus. The
islands which ! SAW were very barren and
were mere masses of white stone sticking
out Of the sea. This is the character Of
all the islands with one or two exceptions
which we passed in the Mediterranean.
On the morning of the fifth we were al
piraeus which is slowed away in one Of
the prettiest little hooks ! ever saw.
could not 90 ashore for we were quaran
/, tined but those who landed had to stay q
hours in very limited quarters This towr
lies in the shape Of crescent with its con
cavity toward the south and some low
hills behind it. | took good look at the
white houses lit up with half a moon anc
retired. The next morning when ] arost
we we're just entering the Hellespont Thu
northwest coast was rather abrupt, but t
t the south could see that classical groun'
the plain Of Troy. The character o
this famous strait is the same all the wa,
, through It is billy on either side, will
( numerous brooks aud level spots where
there are small farms We moved slowl,
up the Hellespont, we're detained an hou
or so at the town OF Dardanelles by tn
Turkish authorities and entered the sea 0
Marmoa late in the evening J came O
deck next morning Just as tho vessel va
casting anchor in the Bosphorus Th
temperature was near the freezing poin
and all Of Constautiuoplc that | could sec
which wS not hidden by fog, was coyere
with snow. We lay opposite the larges
mosques in the city, those ofst. Sophia an
! Solvmon, which cnme sud went froi
sight in the fog Nnmcfous little side
: wheeled, one deckcl steamer, kept gon
+ by us and 6ually one PIT up to US
Something was said, the anchor was lite
: and We moved into the Golden Horn. Al
Ter while, inst long enough to got th
! rascal, 10 take me ashore for rcasopabl
2 price. went, aud after nasty wal
e through the mud aud slush ! entered III
Hotel de- Ia Villa de pesth and took
v room. A. !. D.
v u am nov ready TO lay down my bun
a ale. SO said a laboriug man, who, K
.... ..g.rs loI tail al Ia guppart LIS tamii'