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24 September 1878 — Therapia | |
Tuesday. 24th [September 1878]. Tho it rained in the night heavily it cleared up & was a lovely day. We went for a picnic up the Giant’s mountain. We were 19 in party. The Hornbys 4, Miss Scobell, Count Hatzfeldt, The General, Capt. Wingfield, Mr Heathcote & Mr Kay, Capt. Egerton, Mr Dumerique, Mr Woods & another officer of the Salamis, Mr Kennedy, Mr Leveson Gower & Mr Cartwright. Some walked, some rode ponies & some went in the painted & gilt araba of the country. We reached the top at 1.30 & went thro’ the camp to a place near the little mosque or “Jonas’ tomb” as it is called. The soldiers brought us the mattings out of the mosque & we also spread carpets & spread our table cloth where we had a lovely view all down the Bosphorus. After luncheon Lady Hornby & I set to work to make a little sketch & then we went down to the valley to the Sultan’s Kiosk whither the young people had preceded us & took tea on the balcony of the kiosque & then set off back to Beikos where the boats were. We got home abt 6. Mr Smijth & Mr Sandison dined with us. | |
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