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consul sent with the message to the pasha, was 

 the same who had accompanied us to the scene of 

 horror, and on obtaining the order for the release 

 of the poor fellows from further torture, he did 

 not return until he had seen all five of them taken 

 down and fed. He then came to us in great glee, 

 just as we were upon the point of embarking for 

 Constantinople, and told us of the success of the 

 consul's application. 



I was never able to ascertain whether the 

 chouash who smuggled us into the prison, or the 

 gaoler who admitted us, was bastinadoed for 

 allowing us to see what we did ; but I am very 

 much incHned to think that the kaimakan was not 

 in the best humour in the world when he found 

 from Mr. Blunt's message that he must forego 

 further cruelties, or incur the displeasure of his 

 superior, Mustafa Pasha, the vizier. This worthy- 

 man, whose humanity is proverbial, arrived at 

 Salon ica a very few days after this occurrence, 

 and on Mr. Blunt telling him what had taken 

 place, .and that Captain Spence and myself 

 had witnessed the torturing of these men, he 

 became greatly enraged, and said to Mr. B., 

 " Good God ! Mr. Blunt, our friend Captain 



