Category: Travel Writing
It was on a sunny summer morning that an English schooner yacht, that had been tossing about all night on the stormy waves of the Sea of Marmora, rounded the point opposite Scutari, and, gracefully spreading her wings like a white bird, came rapidly on under the influence of t...
Leaving Sevastopol one afternoon, a favourable breeze carried us rapidly back to the Alma, and being now provided with the necessary permit, we could land without danger of bein...
4. CHAPTER IV.We were fortunate, however, in paying our first ceremonious visit to the Harem of R---- Pasha, whose wife enjoys, and deservedly, the reputation of being as kind in manner as sh...
13. CHAPTER XIII.The next morning it was discovered, to the vexation of all on board, that we had overshot our mark. A headland had been mistaken, and the yacht was some miles beyond Soukoum-Kal...
1. CHAPTER I.It was on a sunny summer morning that an English schooner yacht, that had been tossing about all night on the stormy waves of the Sea of Marmora, rounded the point opposite Scut...
9. CHAPTER IX.We started one fine, sunny morning, at eight o'clock, for a long expedition to Cathcart's Hill and St. George's Monastery. We left the town by the valley beneath the Redan, but...
17. CHAPTER XVII.After blowing another hurricane all night there is this morning a decided improvement in the weather. The wind has gone down nearly as suddenly as it rose, though the sea is sti...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Our life here is full of quaint contrasts--a curious mixture of wildness and civilisation. The days are passed in wild rides amidst the hills and mountains, the dash of danger t...
16. CHAPTER XVI.After leaving Soukoum we had three days of fine weather, though the winds had been somewhat capricious and baffling. Still we had done well, having had a run of 102 miles during...
2. CHAPTER II.There is much that is both grand and poetical in many of the practices of the Mohammedan religion; and few things strike the stranger more than the frequent calls to prayer that...
5. CHAPTER V.Amongst the many lovely valleys that surround Constantinople, the two most perfectly charming are the Valley of the Sultan and that called by the Franks the Sweet Waters of Asia...
10. CHAPTER X.Not being at all satisfied with only having seen the fair valley of Tchernaia in the gloom of rain and wind, we resolved to try whether the glow of a fine summer day would not h...
7. CHAPTER VII.We coasted on, the shore becoming lower and lower, until at length nothing was to be seen but an arid, sandy plain stretching away for miles. Not a tree or house broke its dull...
12. CHAPTER XII.Having seen all that was to be seen in the immediate neighbourhood of Yalta, it was unanimously agreed that the yacht should be put in requisition, and that an expedition should...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The next morning, soon after six a.m., we were awakened by the roar of cannon, and running on deck to ascertain the cause, found that the yacht was dashing along under a fresh b...
3. CHAPTER III.Although in olden times the Moslems were both cruel and fanatical in forcing their religion upon conquered nations, the Turks of to-day are exceedingly tolerant, and unlike the...
15. CHAPTER XV.We endeavoured to return in a small way the kind hospitality of our friends by having a little déjeûner on board. Breakfast was prepared on deck, we arranged quantities of roses...
6. CHAPTER VI.Shortly before our departure from Constantinople, we were so fortunate as to assist at a very grand Turkish breakfast. It was given by A---- Pasha in honour of the brother of th...