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of sea-sickness. At length, after about twenty- 

 six hours' steaming and smoking, we came in sight 

 of the Dardanelles. 



The castles appear to be very formidable to 

 vessels attempting to pass, but on the land side 

 they can, I believe, be easily attacked. The 

 whole of the passage of the Dardanelles, from 

 their entrance as far as Gallipoli, is strikingly 

 beautiful ; indeed, a country, to all appearance, in 

 which one would feel inclined to wish it might be 

 one's lot to dwell. 



We remained a short time at the village of the 

 Dardanelles, to take in coals. It had a very 

 beautiful appearance at night, being brilliantly 

 illuminated on account of the day being the 

 anniversary of the birth of the sultan. Twenty- 

 four hours' more steaming brought us the next 

 evening to the Golden Horn, where a health 

 officer immediately came on board with the crew 

 of his gig, shook hands with his friends, took all 

 the letters, and then having effectually communi- 

 cated with the ship and passengers, went quietly 

 on shore, announcing to us the pleasing intelli- 

 gence, that we were in quarantine ! The Turks 

 had not long had quarantines established, and 



