14: OUR FELLOW-PASSENGERS. 



drained marshes, cleared away ruins and opened 

 wide thoroughfares, strengthened the courts of 

 law, and organised a military police, whose 

 vigilance rendered them the terror of all evil- 

 doers. Such were some of the works that Sir 

 Charles Napier carried out during the period of 

 his government of Cephalonia. Our party was 

 a very pleasant one, — a nephew of Sir Lytton 

 Bulwer, a Bengal civilian, a Bombay officer, 

 late of Bashi Bazooks, and since highly distin- 

 guished in India, a British merchant, returning 

 to the Mauritius, and ourselves. We had also a 

 very lady-like Wallachian, a daughter of Prince 

 Ghika, who spoke French and Grerman per- 

 fectly, and two German ladies, wlio only 

 spoke a few words of Italian, but uttered their 

 '' grazias " in so sweet a tone, in return for 

 a chair, that one could not regret the sacrifice 

 for their sakes, albeit the deck was hardish. 

 Leaving Candia, tlie ancient Crete, on our left, 

 we looked our last on Europe, and early in the 

 morning of the sixth day were in sight of Alex- 

 andria. 



This port is now so well known to a large 

 portion of the English public that to offer any 

 description would be absolute waste of time. 



