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coming into it from the hot sunshine. We 
have no carpet of any sort over the floor, 
from which we suffer no inconvenience ex¬ 
cept from the dust produced by the wearing 
away of the soft stone. 
The first night we passed here was rather 
a dismal time, for as we were strangers to 
the customs of the place, we had not yet 
engaged a servant nor procured a proper 
supply of food, and the people belonging to 
the lazaret would not give us the smallest 
assistance. However, we made a meal on 
some dry bread and some milk, which had 
been sent from the inn, and about seven 
o’clock, feeling rather cold and very misera¬ 
ble we went to bed. 
But we are now quite comfortable and 
happy; we have hired a Maltese servant, an 
active, civil young fellow, very clean in his 
person, and with a tolerable knowledge of 
