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Tinta, as usual, appeared with Ids servants to 

 superintend my removal, and after passing out 

 of the outer gate and through the little belt of ted 

 and wild olive trees that encircle the palace, we 

 proceeded a short distance down the valley, where 

 were three or four tents pitched, and I then saw 

 one of these was intended for me. My illness, 

 however, had made me rather particular, and 

 instantly T saw that I was about to be quartered in 

 such a residence as that, I objected, pointing very 

 feelingly to the sloppy spongy turf, and the dirty- 

 looking clouds that floated lazily above our heads. 

 At the request of Tinta, however, I went to look at 

 the accommodations, and was certainly better satis- 

 fied, when I found that one larger tent outside 

 enclosed a very snug new one, leaving a large 

 space between the two surfaces. Besides, a high 

 and very commodious alga, or bedstead, had been 

 brought, so that, excepting from the vapour rising 

 from the moist earth, I could be in no danger of 

 being exposed to any damp, and feeling pleased at 

 the arrangements that had been made for my 

 comfort, I raised no more objections, but took my 

 place upon the bed, and after a bright fire had 

 been lighted upon a temporary hearth of large 

 stones, Tinta and his train departed, leaving me to 

 enjoy myself, until Walderheros should have pre- 

 pared supper, by reading a pocket volume of 

 " Chilcle Harold " I had brought with me. 



It was not long* after the sun had set behind a 



