CYPRUS. 79 
, Cidverhouse, of the Romulus frigate, told us that chap. 
he was ordered to^crc for a supply of bullocks; ' . — 
and asked if we were willing to accompany 
him. To this proposal we readily assented; 
happy in the favourable opportunity it offered 
of enabling us to visit the Holy Land, as well 
as to become acquainted with a very extra- 
ordinary man, Djezzar Pasha, tyrant of Acre, 
the Herod of his time, vv^hose disregard for the 
Ottoman Government, and cruel mode of exer- 
cising authority among his people, rendered 
him the terror of all the surrounding nations. 
The old story of Blue Beard seemed altogether 
realized in the history of this hoary potentate. 
Sir Sidnei/ Smith entrusted some presents for 
him to our care; and Captain Culverhouse^ 
expressed a wish that the author would act as 
his interpreter with Djezzar s Dragoman, who 
could only translate the Arabic spoken in the 
country into the Italian language. We there- 
fore made all things ready for another* em- 
barkation. 
(1) Neither of those excellent officers, Captain Russel, and Captain 
Culverhouse, are now living. Captain Russel died of the fever he caught 
in Cyprus ; and Captain Cuh'erliouse fell a victim in his endeavours to 
save a beloved wife, who was with him in a boat which was overturned ofl' 
the Cape ofGoud Hope. He narrowly escaped a similar fate in early life, 
being by accident on shore when the Royal George sunk at Sjnthead, to 
which ship he then belonged, as a midshipman. 
