. Fifty years of railway life in England, Scotland and Ireland . ler must stick to his last, though a word or two may, perhaps, beallowed on the subject, if only by way of variety. My companions on this interesting tour were my good friends F. K. andH. H. We went by sea from Southampton to Genoa, where we stayed twodays to enjoy the sunshine and colour; its steep, picturesque and narrowstreets, and its beautiful old palaces. Then we visited Milan and Venice we spent several days, charmed with its beauty. From Trieste wetook an Austrian Lloyd steamer, the Espero, to Constantinople. At
. Fifty years of railway life in England, Scotland and Ireland . ler must stick to his last, though a word or two may, perhaps, beallowed on the subject, if only by way of variety. My companions on this interesting tour were my good friends F. K. andH. H. We went by sea from Southampton to Genoa, where we stayed twodays to enjoy the sunshine and colour; its steep, picturesque and narrowstreets, and its beautiful old palaces. Then we visited Milan and Venice we spent several days, charmed with its beauty. From Trieste wetook an Austrian Lloyd steamer, the Espero, to Constantinople. At Patraswe left the steamer to rejoin it at Piraeus, wending our way by rail along theGulf of Corinth to Athens, in which classical city we stayed the Gaze and Sons had ordered their guide (or dragoman as he wascalled) to meet us and devote himself to our service. The next morning at7 oclock, he called for us at our hotel, and from that hour till noon, underhis guidance, we visited the temples and monuments of ancient Athens, and To face page RAILWAY AMALGAMATION AND CONSTANTINOPLE 163 inspected the modern city also. In the afternoon we drove or ratherploughed our way from Athens to Piraeus (five miles) along the worst roadI ever traversed, not excepting the streets of Constantinople. We found theharbour gay with music, Hags and bunting, in honour of a great RussianAdmiral who was leaving his ship to journey by ours to officers bade him respectful farewells on the deck of our steamer, andhe ceremoniously kissed them each and all. On the twenty-second day after leaving home, at six oclock in the morn-ing, we were aroused in our berths and informed that we had arrived atConstantinople. The morning, unfortunately, was dull, and our first viewof the Ottoman city, therefore, a little obscured. All the same, it was agreat sight, with its minarets and towers, its Golden Horn and crowdedquays. Our dragoman kept at bay all the clamouring crowd of po
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