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any other, for the sake of obtaining the gun- 

 powder he may have about him, and which, with 

 them, is a scarce commodity, and very much in 

 request. 



We had selected exactly the right season for 

 our ride. The weather was warm, it is true ; in- 

 deed I might call it hot, but not disagreeably so. 

 It was generally very fine, which is a great advan- 

 tage in a ride of this kind. I would recommend 

 any one w^ho may undertake a journey in the 

 interior of Turkey in Europe, or even Greece, to 

 choose, if he possibly can, the months of May or 

 June. I once travelled in the Morea during the 

 month of August, but the extreme heat of the 

 w^eather was very annoying, and during the 

 summer and autumn, fevers are prevalent in un- 

 healthy districts. 



An excursion like ours from Corfu to Salonica 

 is most indescribably delightful. It may be that 

 one experiences satisfaction in reflecting that a 

 spirit of adventure has urged one to penetrate a 

 country of which very little is known, or it may 

 be the mode of travelling, in itself so exhilarating, 

 combined with the feeling of independence which 

 cannot fail to be excited by finding oneself fol- 

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