I had met many good people during my journey, but she was certainly one of the best.
Unhappily, my cruel fate was not yet weary of pursuing me; and in my experience I fully realised the old proverb of, "out of the frying- pan into the fire." On this vessel, and during the time we had to keep quarantine in Alexandria, I was almost worse off than during my stay in Beyrout.

It is necessary, in dealing with the captain of a vessel of this description, to have a written contract for every thing--stating, for instance, where he is to land, how long he may stay at each place, etc.

I mentioned this fact at the consulate, and begged the gentlemen to do what was necessary; but they assured me the captain was known to be a man of honour, and that the precaution I wished to take would be quite superfluous.

Upon this assumption, I placed myself fearlessly in the hands of the man; but scarcely had we lost sight of land, when he frankly declared that there were not sufficient provisions and water on board to allow of our proceeding to Alexandria, but that he must make for the harbour of Limasol in Cyprus.

I was exceedingly angry at this barefaced fraud, and at the loss of time it would occasion me, and offered all the opposition I could.