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round the house ; and we were well pleased to 

 have our thoughts taken off the painful stretch in 

 which they had been kept all day by the contem- 

 plation of so much wretchedness and unmerited 

 calamity. 



On returning to the town, we paid a visit to the 

 curate, who showed us the church which had been 

 sacrilegiously broken open : the whole place, in 

 fact, excited such a feeling of horror, that we 

 were very glad to get on board again to a scene 

 of order, and peace, and comfort. 



Qth of June, — A party was again made to visit 

 the valley, and we rode several leagues farther 

 than we did yesterday, the people every where re- 

 ceiving us with kindness and hospitality ; and the 

 more we receded from the town, where the resist- 

 ance had been made, the fewer symptoms of the 

 war were to be seen. They entertained us gene- 

 rally with delicious fruits, and a small clear white 

 wine made on the spot ; they placed before us also 

 olives, some fresh, and others salted, but both in 

 their ripe state, and full of oil ; these are eaten 

 with bread, and small slices of raw onions. At 

 another house they gave us water melons of the 



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