MOSQUITOES. 
269 
in hopes of attaining a zone too high for them to 
inhabit; and—poising myself upon its topmost pinnacle, 
I drew my handkerchief over my head—I was already 
without coat and waistcoat—and remained the rest of 
the morning “mopping and mowing” at the world 
beneath my feet. 
About six o’clock, like a phantom in a dream the 
little schooner came stealing round the misty headland, 
and anchored at the foot of the rocks below. Returning 
immediately on board, we bathed, dressed, and found 
repose from all our troubles. Not long after, a message 
from Mr. T-, in answer to a card I had sent up to 
the house as soon as the household gave signs of being 
astir—invited us to breakfast; and about half-past nine 
we presented ourselves at his hospitable door. The 
reception I met with was exactly what the gentleman 
who had given me the letter of introduction had led me 
to expect; and so eager did Mr. T-seem to make us 
comfortable, that I did not dare to tell him how we had 
been prowling about his house the greater part of the 
previous night, lest he should knock me down on the 
spot, for not having knocked him up. The appearance 
of the inside of the house quite corresponded with what 
