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7 October 1878 — Artaki, on board the Antelope | |
Monday. 7th [October 1878]. After breakfast we landed and found ponies waiting for us. I had a pony lent by the Greek Bishop of Artaki. Henry rode a splendid white donkey. We had 2 Zaptiehs for guide & protection & Adl Hornby, Henry & I, Mr Winsloe, Mr Kennedy, Lord George, Miss Essie Hornby, Miss Boyd & Mr Jenner the interpreter composed the party. We rode thro Artaki & thro the country & up a high hill. We intended going to the top of the highest hill but the guides made a mistake & took us only to the top of a hill where there were the ruins of a castle & we got there abt 12.30. We had a little way to walk thro the arbutus shrubs but we found a lovely spot at the castle & there we opened our basket of provisions & had our luncheon & then all laid back on the grass rested while I picked cistus seeds to send to the Squire. Along our road home, we returned as we came, there were peasants driving ponies with baskets laden with grapes of wh they offered us large bunches as we passed. We got back to the Antelope a little after 5 & had time to rest before we went to dine with Adl Sir Ed Commerell. Met the Hornbys & several of the captains at dinner. Saw the white kitten I had given the Adl romping with the retriever puppy. As we rode home today we passed a shed whence came a smell of burnt sugar so I rode in & found men making a kind of molasses out of the grapes. As soon as we returned to the Antelope I went to bed & abt 11 o’cl we started home, steaming all night. It was rather a rough night. | |
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