2 SAYADES. 



ian from the Health Office, reheve the tedium of 

 our imprisonment by cruizing to the coast of 

 Albania, and, under the eye of the guardian, 

 shooting woodcocks and other game with which 

 that country at that season abounds. 



Having accordingly made our arrangements, 

 and hired as a travelhng servant Giovanni Zaru- 

 chi, a native of Suli, in Albania, well acquainted 

 with the country we wished to visit, and speaking 

 both Greek and Albanian, as well as the Italian 

 and English languages, we sailed from Corfu at 

 night, and landed the next morning at Sayades, 

 a small village, or rather a collection of dirty 

 hovels, on the coast nearly opposite to the citadel 

 of Corfu. Here we procured, without much de- 

 lay, a sufficient number of common pack-horses 

 to carry ourselves and our baggage, and, having 

 agreed with the guides to reach Janina on the 

 evening of the second day, proceeded on our way, 

 at the slow but sure rate of about two miles an 

 hour. 



About eight months previous to this, an affray 

 had taken place between some Albanians and 

 Prince Pierre Napoleon, son of Lucien Bona- 

 parte. The prince, in company with some other 



