18 RELEASE. SIGNOR CLERICI. 



The next morning, however, brought our release 

 from durance vile ; and having sent a letter we 

 had brought from Corfu to Signor Clerici, the 

 Ionian agent, we soon found ourselves in very- 

 good quarters under his roof. He lodged and 

 boarded us during our stay, and we made him a 

 present of twenty dollars on our departure, which 

 I have no doubt was an ample remuneration to 

 him. The accommodation he gave us was very 

 good. His house, one of the best in Janina, is 

 remarkably clean, and we enjoyed not a little 

 many a good laugh at the expense of our host, 

 who appeared to be a most original character. He 

 had been a medical man in the French army, had 

 served in Napoleon's army in Italy, was present 

 at the battle of Marengo, and had never returned 

 to his native country, Italy, from the time of his 

 taking up his abode at Janina, a period of twenty- 

 seven years. His hours did not exactly suit us, 

 but we conformed to them as well as we could. 

 His practice appeared to be to eat no breakfast, 

 dine at one o'clock, and go to bed at seven ; or, 

 as he would call it, dine at seven, and go to bed 

 at one o'clock, because in Turkey seven o'clock, 

 or one hour after sunrise, is one o'clock, or the 



