A steam voyage down the Danube, vol. 2 of 2
CHAPTER I.
PAGE Therapia--Caiques--Precautions--Old England--Ambassador’s residence--Lord Ponsonby--Mr. Urquhart--Diplomatic profession-- British interests--News dispatches--Dragomanship--Storm-- Sources of Plague--Proposed improvements--Russian designs--The Dardanelles--Ibrahim Pacha 1