4 DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS. 



dingly put an end to for that season ; but an ar- 

 rangement having been made with the persons 

 who had been wounded, the Ionian government 

 granting them a compensation of a few hundred 

 dollars, communication, under the sanitory regu- 

 lation of being accompanied in shooting excur- 

 sions by a guardian, w^as again to be allowed. 



On starting, therefore, on our expedition, as we 

 were the first English who had entered Albania 

 since Prince Pierre had met with his adventure, 

 we all felt somewhat doubtful as to the reception 

 we might meet with from the inhabitants, who 

 might very possibly be disposed to avenge them- 

 selves upon any Englishman who might land in 

 their territory for the injury inflicted upon their 

 countrymen by Prince Pierre Napoleon ; and 

 therefore, after consideration, we thought it ad- 

 visable to travel well armed, in order to be pre- 

 pared to defend ourselves in case of an attack. 

 To this end each carried a double-barrelled gun 

 and a brace of pistols, besides a sword strapped 

 on to his saddle. The event, however, proved 

 that there was no need of these precautions ; we 

 never, during the whole of this or of my second 

 journey in Albania, in which I penetrated much 



