6 HENRY HILL GOODELL 



An English merchantman, which was lying up there at 

 the time of the engagement, was sunk and two of her crew 

 killed. Immediately upon hearing the news here, an Eng- 

 lish and a French steamer of war were despatched up with 

 surgeons and bandages and medicine for the soldiers who 

 survived. As soon as the battle was over, the Russians 

 hoisted sail and went off. The Greeks (the little rascals) 

 at Sinopi were so delighted at the issue of the battle that 

 they hoisted the Russian flag; this so exasperated the Turks 

 that they went and burned down all their quarters. 



May 27, 1854, he writes: "Last week Friday we went to 

 the * Sweet Waters' of Europe; almost all the great folks 

 were there. Of the latter, there were the American, English, 

 French, Dutch, Persian, and Austrian ambassadors; there 

 was also the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, Prince Na- 

 poleon, and plenty of English officers." 



June 10: "I have been to the review it took place 

 last week. The Sultan was there to see them, the High- 

 landers were there, they were really beautiful, and when 

 they marched before the Sultan they played on their bag- 

 pipes; the music was very fine and the cavalry eclipsed 

 everything; even one of the generals said so. The music 

 was splendid, they played 'God save the King and Queen,' 

 the * Sultan's March,' * Scots wha hae,' and several others." 



Henry did not attend school in Constantinople, but 

 studied at home. In English, mathematics and literature, 

 his sisters were his teachers. He studied Latin with his 

 father, Greek with his father's Greek translator of the New 

 Testament, and history was read every night and questions 

 were asked about it at the breakfast table the next morn- 



