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5 October 1878 — Artaki, on board the Antelope | |
Saturday. 5th [October 1878]. Abt 7 AM we anchored at Artaki. Directly after breakfast the Admiral called & abt 11 we all went on shore and walked up the hill to look down upon the town of Artaki. Lady Hornby & I sat down & sketched while the others walked about. We returned on board for luncheon. After luncheon the Admiral & Lady H. called for me & Henry & we went with Capt. Grubbe, Adl Commerell, Capt. Fitzroy & Lord George & Mr Kennedy in the steam launch & landed at some little distance to walk to some ruins wh were told of some of the remains of ancient Cyzicus. We came to some splendid ruins on 2 hills on each side of a torrent which Henry pronounced to be a naumachia, or place where sea fights used to be held. It used to be filled with water from the torrent wh was dammed up. We had some difficulty in climbing up so as to get a view of it to make a hasty sketch but we at last succeeded. On our way down we found tea prepared for us by Manning the Admiral’s old cockswain. We returned to the Antelope by abt 7 o’clock when it was dark but the sunset was lovely all gold & purple but not so fine as the sunset of yesterday wh we saw coming home from Troy. We dined with Adl Hornby. After dinner the Hornby girls came & the young ladies danced till after 11 oclock. | |
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