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26 MOUNT JETNA.
The vessel was called the Leonidas, one of the
French armed steamers. It was an excellent sea ves-
sel, clean and neat, with a well served table. I would,
however, except a few of the dishes, as rather too
strongly mixed with garlic. But as a large variety
was served on the table, I was enabled to select the
part free from that unpleasant herb. During my
travels in the East, I could but remark the free and
abundant use made of garlic in seasoning food. The
Greeks and Turks will chew and eat garlic with all
the relish that they would eat apples. Finally, while
on board this vessel, the sea was smooth, the weather
fair, and the passage pleasant.
On the day of leaving Malta, we passed in view of
a part of Sicily. Mount iEtna was in sight, and we
could see columns of black smoke ascending from the
crater. The captain had deviated a little from his
direct course, to gratify the curiosity of his passen-
gers, with a distant view of this celebrated volcano.
On the 2d of December we were in sight of that
part of Greece called the Morea, and much of that
day sailed near the coast. I could but call to mind
the bloody ravages committed on the ill-fated inhabit-
ants of that peninsula, during the late Greek Revolu-
tion. It was there Ibrahim Pacha abundantly im-
mortalized his name as a blood-thirsty merciless tyrant.
The whole coast presented a mountainous and sterile
appearance. Some towns and villages were seen in
the distance, in the vicinity of which olive and other
trees were discernible. We also saw what we sup-
posed to be vineyards. Many off he mountains are
so high that their tops are covered with perennial
The vessel was called the Leonidas, one of the
French armed steamers. It was an excellent sea ves-
sel, clean and neat, with a well served table. I would,
however, except a few of the dishes, as rather too
strongly mixed with garlic. But as a large variety
was served on the table, I was enabled to select the
part free from that unpleasant herb. During my
travels in the East, I could but remark the free and
abundant use made of garlic in seasoning food. The
Greeks and Turks will chew and eat garlic with all
the relish that they would eat apples. Finally, while
on board this vessel, the sea was smooth, the weather
fair, and the passage pleasant.
On the day of leaving Malta, we passed in view of
a part of Sicily. Mount iEtna was in sight, and we
could see columns of black smoke ascending from the
crater. The captain had deviated a little from his
direct course, to gratify the curiosity of his passen-
gers, with a distant view of this celebrated volcano.
On the 2d of December we were in sight of that
part of Greece called the Morea, and much of that
day sailed near the coast. I could but call to mind
the bloody ravages committed on the ill-fated inhabit-
ants of that peninsula, during the late Greek Revolu-
tion. It was there Ibrahim Pacha abundantly im-
mortalized his name as a blood-thirsty merciless tyrant.
The whole coast presented a mountainous and sterile
appearance. Some towns and villages were seen in
the distance, in the vicinity of which olive and other
trees were discernible. We also saw what we sup-
posed to be vineyards. Many off he mountains are
so high that their tops are covered with perennial