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LETTERS FROM 
On our return we went on board the San 
Pietro to pay the captain for our passage, 
and to bring on shore the remainder of our 
luggage, which we were allowed to do without 
its being subjected to any examination, on 
payment of another half-dollar. 
Beautifully clean and most comfortable 
beds offered irresistible attractions to weary 
voyagers, and we retired to rest soon after 
dark. Those only who have passed many 
successive nights in cold and misery and 
wakefulness, can fully appreciate the blessing 
of sound and uninterrupted repose. My last 
moments of consciousness that evening were 
employed in endeavouring to decide which 
would be attended with the most suffering, 
death occasioned by the want of food , or of 
that equally necessary restorative, sleep. 
In the morning we set off on an expedi¬ 
tion to visit other antiquities in the neigh- 
