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sea voyage converted Alecco from a gentlemanly 

 Italian into a shabby -looking Frank Greek. The 

 terror of King Tom was great, and Alecco disap- 

 peared. Before my departure, he returned to tell me 

 that the Greek for whom he had a letter of credit was 

 utterly ruined by the revolution ; but he had not ab- 

 sconded, like a Corfiote count who had been made 

 treasurer of a charitable institution, with its chest 

 full of dollars. Alecco proposed to continue the voy- 

 age as my servant. The story appeared very prob- 

 able for I then knew nothing of Corfiote counts 

 or Corfiote patriotism and we proceeded together. 

 Many of my readers have travelled in barbarous 

 lands ; some have served in the ranks of a revolu- 

 tionary army ; both know that in such circumstances 

 there is little which distinguishes the manner of liv- 

 ing of the master from the servant. Alecco lived as 

 I did, and was just as much my companion as he had 

 been before his misfortune. We never appeared to 

 have any very decided relish for one another's wit, but 

 we never had a difference of opinion or a dispute 

 perhaps as we had no sympathy, Ave never agreed in 

 any thing, and consequently were what people call 

 " the best friends possible." 



We arrived at Argos some time before Xauplia foil 

 into the hands of the Greeks. A young Englishman, 

 named Abney, attended by his physician, had arrived 

 a few days before me, and armed a body of fifty men. 

 I found him encamped in one of the most dangerous 



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