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the certainty of passing the rest of the night CHAP. 
houseless in the suburbs of Nauplia. After 
some time, the Tchohadar found a miserable 
shed, whose owner he compelled to provide a 
few boards for us to sit upon ; but neither the 
offers of money, nor Ibrahim's boasted resource 
of flagellation, from which we found it almost 
impossible to restrain him, availed any thing 
towards bettering either our lodging or our fare. 
Weary, cold, and comfortless, we remained 
counting the moments until the morning; with- 
out fire, without light, without rest, without 
food : but the consciousness of being upon 
terra Jirma, and that we were not exposed, as 
we had often been, under circumstances of 
equal privation, to the additional horrors of a 
tempestuous sea, made our situation compa- 
ratively good, and taught us to be thankful. 
As soon as day-light appeared, the worthy 
Consul, Mr. Victor Dalmar, who had received 
our baggage, and was uneasy for the safety 
of his expected guests, caused the gates to 
be opened rather earlier than usual 4 . The 
(4) " The Turks suspend a sabre over the gateway, as a memorial 
that the place was takeu by assault." Squirt's MS. Correspondence. 
