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very resinous wine from him. He told us that the 

 steamer for Piraeus left Skyros on the following after- 

 noon. Consequently our skipper promised to sail at 

 midnight, which he did ; and when we emerged from 

 the hold at seven o'clock we found ourselves not many 

 miles from our destination. 



Our steamer turned up punctually, and sailing im- 

 mediately, reached Laurium at two the next morning. 

 Here she waited no less than twenty-two hours, and 

 then on a lovely afternoon steamed round Cape Co- 

 lonna into the Piraeus, and we reached the Grand 

 Hotel at Athens in time for dinner. 



Within a week we had left Greece, going different 

 ways, I back to London, and Y. to Assam and Bal- 

 tistan, where I am glad to know he had better sport 

 than on the island of Joura. 



