of the 
Zlish 
sul. 
THESSALONICA. 441 
Comment upon St. Paul — Want of communication with 
the Bazars — Splendid Prospect of the Olympian Chain 
of Mountains — Valedictory Retrospect of all Greece. 
W E were conducted to the house of Mr. chap. 
XI. 
Charnaud, the English Consul ; of whose hospi- > -.— ^ 
tality and kind offices every traveller of late jf°^and" 
years has given a grateful testimony'. We '^'"'^"^s'' 
shall begin our account of Salonica, bv addino^ -^"s' 
our memorial to the rest : because, at a time 
when the plague was so rife that his gates had 
been closed against all intruders, and even his 
provisions were daily received through one of 
those turning machines that are used in con- 
vents, he nevertheless threw open his doors for 
us, and welcomed our coming, in a manner 
which we can never forget. It was indeed a 
luxury to us to spend two or three days in his 
comfortable mansion, during the long journey 
from Athens to Constantinople; this being almost 
the only place of real rest in the whole route : 
and to the comfortable accommodation afforded 
in his house, Mr. Charnaud was enabled to add 
the advantages of polished society ; possessing 
(0 See particularly an account of this gentleman in the "Remain* 
of the late John Tweddell" as edited by his brother, the Rev. Robert 
Tiieddell, p. 333. Land. 1R15. 
