Chapter XII

Journey of the Princess of Wales to Jerusalem--Burial
at Abra--Dismissal of Ibrahim--Padre Nicolo--M. Ruffin
appointed French consul at Sayda--Great drought--Festival
of St. Elias--Alarm of robbers--Visit of the Author to the
Shaykh Beshýr’s wife, and to Syt Frosýny Kerasâty--Further
alarms--Festival of Byrám--Cottages taken for Lady Hester
at the village of Rûm--Depilation--Flight of Mâlem
Dubány--Return of Lady Hester from Antioch--Result of
researches after the murderers of Col. Boutin--The Ansáry
refuse to give them up--Mustafa Aga Berber collects
troops to punish the Ansáry--Motives of Lady Hester’s
voyage to Antioch--Visit of M. Regnault, French consul at
Tripoli--M. Loustaunau and his predictions--History of
Michael Ayda--Return of Giorgio from England, with Mr.
N., as successor to the Author--Last visit of the latter
to Acre--The governor of Smyrna put to death--Hawáry
soldiers--Visit to the Emir Beshýr 310

CHAPTER XIII.

Departure of the Author for Europe--Arrival at Larnaka,
in Cyprus--Hospitality of M. Vondiziano, British
vice-consul--Tours in the island--Leucosia--The Greek
archbishop--City walls--Lepers--Cytherea--Monastery of
St. Chrysostom--Famagusta--Return to Larnaka--Carnival
amusements--Houses--Amour of Signor Baldo--Murder of Prince
George Morusi--History of Signor Brunoni--Cypriote women
not remarkable for beauty--Superstitious notions--The
Greek archbishop and his dragoman Giorgaki--Insurrection
of Turks--How quelled by Cara Pasha--Pusillanimity of
the consuls--Thunder-storm--Lenten diet--Malignant
fevers--Excursion in the interior--Idalia--Leucosia--M.
Brens--Robbery in the governor’s palace--Proceedings
against the suspected--Intolerance towards freemasons 359

CHAPTER XIV.

Departure from Cyprus, and voyage to Marseilles--Dirtiness
of the French ship and her crew--Fare on board--Cruel
treatment of a political prisoner--Angora
greyhound--Arrival at Pomegue, the quarantine anchorage of
Marseilles 416

ADDITIONAL NOTE 423

TRAVELS

OF

LADY HESTER STANHOPE.