‘A JOURNEY IN THE EAST, 387 
The 14th of April was like its predecessor in every respect, 
but the 15th brought us calmer waters and a view of Crete, 
an island rich in picturesque charms. We passed close along 
its coast, admiring its high mountains and the snow-clad Ida. 
On the 16th we beheld Cape Matapan, with the hills of 
Greece, and saw Zante in the afternoon. We shaped our 
course between this island, decked in its full garb of spring, 
and the mainland of Greece, to the mountainous island of 
Cephalonia, and passing, in splendid moonlight, through the 
famous straits of Ithaca, the home of Ulysses, saw the rock of 
Sappho and all the high mountains dedicated to the gods of 
the old Greek mythology. 
Early on the 17th the ‘Miramar’ put into the harbour of 
Corfu. There coal had to be taken in, so we employed the 
time in making an excursion to the Bay of Ipsa; and after a 
short stay returned to the vessel and continued our journey. 
On the 18th we awoke at Punta d’Ostro, and as most of 
my fellow travellers had never seen the Bocchi di Cattaro, 
the ‘ Miramar’ steamed in between the high grey cliffs to the 
melancholy, but splendidly situated little town of Cattaro. 
In the afternoon we reached Lacroma, and at once landed on 
my small though enchantingly beautiful island. All was 
green and flowery, and for the last time we enjoyed the true 
air of the South and the warm sunshine of a perfect spring 
day. We afterwards passed the night on board the ‘ Miramar,’ 
in the harbour of Gravosa. 
The 19th brought us a rough sea, a dull gloomy sky, 
showers of rain, and a piercingly cold wind, so that the usually 
lovely passage through the Dalmatian islands afforded us but 
little enjoyment. The evening and the night were spent at 
Zara. 
On the 20th we left the Dalmatian capital at a very early 
hour, and. when we got to Triest in the afternoon it was 
raining hard and the sky was heavily overcast. There we 
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