4 RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS. 



They had no means of lighting a fire, and no 

 provisions. We gave them a light, and as 

 much food as we could spare, which we placed 

 on a rock, to be taken away by the younger 

 and least afflicted of the party ; adding, what 

 they seemed to prize even more than food, a 

 quantity of tobacco. Promising to inform their 

 countrymen and others at Rhodes respecting 

 their misfortunes, and to procure for them as- 

 sistance if possible, we sailed away from this 

 sad interview with the victims of one of the 

 most hideous and incurable afflictions of hu- 

 manity, — with many blessings from the poor 

 lepers, and thankful for having been the means, 

 through the accident of a storm, in which we 

 had nearly perished ourselves, of relieving, and 

 possibly saving from a lingering death, these 

 miserable people. Eventually we had the plea- 

 sure of hearing in Rhodes that they were en- 

 abled to get their boat once more afloat, and 

 to leave the desert rock on which they had 

 been cast. 



When we arrived at Rhodes, we were wel- 

 comed by our excellent friend and countryman, 

 W. Sandford, Esq., in whose hospitable man- 

 sion we took up our quarters. Through our 



