We may therefore be said to
have been very successful.'
II.
I have given this cruise nearly in full. From the notes, unhappily
imperfect, of two others, I will take only specimens; for in all
there are features of similarity and it is possible to have too
much even of submarine telegraphy and the romance of engineering.
And first from the cruise of 1859 in the Greek Islands and to
Alexandria, take a few traits, incidents and pictures.
'May 10, 1859.
'We had a fair wind and we did very well, seeing a little bit of
Cerig or Cythera, and lots of turtle-doves wandering about over the
sea and perching, tired and timid, in the rigging of our little
craft. Then Falconera, Antimilo, and Milo, topped with huge white
clouds, barren, deserted, rising bold and mysterious from the blue,
chafing sea; - Argentiera, Siphano, Scapho, Paros, Antiparos, and
late at night Syra itself. ADAM BEDE in one hand, a sketch-book in
the other, lying on rugs under an awning, I enjoyed a very pleasant
day.
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