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often found in one room. I witnessed^ before 

 we sat down to breakfast^ an instance of the 

 gambling propensity which is said to prevail 

 here. In one corner of the room a table was 

 spread^ and dice brought^ which immediately 

 attracted the guests^ as if to give them an appe- 

 tite for the beef steaks in preparation. Before 

 they sat down to the table d^hote^ some fifty dou- 

 bloons were lost and won among them^ by way 

 of a preliminary to their breakfast. The arrival 

 of the dishes^ smoking hot^ seemed to divert 

 their attention for a while to another amuse- 

 ment. The Limenians are notorious for this 

 vice^ and not for this alone. 



I found Colonel Wilson^ and Lord Edward 

 Clinton^ who was on a visit to him from the 

 Blonde, swinging in grass hammocks, in an 

 open piazza of the house which the consul 

 occupies. I remained with them the rest 



