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about me, and toKl him the promise he had made me at Epidauros. 

 Agimieali then tried through Yarnio (for he could not speak a word 

 of English himself) to persuade me to stay ; when he found I was de- 

 termined to go, he said, ( Very well, but I shan't let you go so poor as 

 you came; you must take two hundred dollars with you to make your- 

 self comfortable on board, and to make up for the loss of the prize- 

 money you would have made by this time if my cousin had not de- 

 tained you/ When he made this offer, Yarnio looked pleased, and 

 turning to me said, ' You see we are not all so bad as you think.' I 

 then explained to them that I could not accept the money, because it 

 would lead to inquiries when I got on board a man-of-war, that I 

 could not answer without betraying them. When I said this, Yarnio 

 shook me by the hand, and said, ' The more I know of you, the more 

 I wish you to remain with us ; but as you are determined to go, to- 

 morrow morning my cousin's boat shall be got ready, and I will my- 

 self go with you in search of some English ship, for I believe you 

 won't give me up.' I now had only to bid Zuthea good bye ; this 

 was the worst part of my captivity; however, it was no use delaying 

 it, so I went to look for her ; I found her lying on a sofa, crying, with 

 Yarnio by her side ; I went up to her and said I was going away, 

 and hoped I should see her again. Directly Yarnio translated this 

 to her, she fell back on the sofa; I thought she was dead, but she had 

 only fainted ; at last we brought her to, and managed to calm her a 

 little. Soon after, I left her, and walked out for the last time with 

 Yarnio, when I told him that I loved Zuthea, and asked him whether 

 he or his cousin had any objection to my marrying her.' He said, ' not 

 at all, but she was so young that it would not be right to leave her 

 alone in England whilst I was at sea ; and, beside that, as she could 

 not speak a word of English, she would be very uncomfortable ; 

 but if I would, when I went to England, call on Lord Vaudeville 

 with a letter he would give me, I should be able to correspond with 

 them through his lordship ; and when Zuthea had learnt a little 

 English, and I could give her a home, she should come over. The 

 moment I heard this, away I flew to Zuthea, who I found where I 

 had left her. I soon told her what her brother had said, and asked 

 her to consent ; but she could not speak a word. She threw 

 herself into my arms, and I was happy. Yarnio, at last, came to 

 look after us ; with him I went to prepare for my departure in the 

 morning, and soon after went to bed, where I slept, sound enough, 

 dreaming of Zuthea till six o'clock the next morning ; when Yarnio 

 came to my bedside, and told me it was time to start. I jumped up, 

 and wanted to go and bid Zuthea good bye, but he wouldn't let me, 

 saying it would only make her low-spirited ; so down we went to the 

 beach, where ther.e was a fine long boat, carrying twelve men, well 

 provisioned. I shook hands with Agimacali, who gave me an invi- 

 tation to come and see him whenever I came up the Arches, and fol- 

 lowed Yarnio into the boat, which was soon at sea. We then held a 

 consultation as to where we should go ; Yarnio recommended that 

 we should sail at once to Egina; and if we met with a man-of-war 

 before we arrived there, well and good, I could go on board ; but if 

 not, we should land at Egina, where Yarnio had some friends, who 



