Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . Malta, but it is really named Valletta, after Johnde la Valette, who was Grand Master of the Order of , and built the town in the middle part of the six-teenth century. The knights held Malta for nearly twohundred and fifty years, and remained until the Frenchand then the English drove them out. The people have apeculiar dialect, based on the Arabic, with plenty ofItalian, French and English thrown in. The prevailingindustry seems to be following officers and strangers aroundall day and
Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . Malta, but it is really named Valletta, after Johnde la Valette, who was Grand Master of the Order of , and built the town in the middle part of the six-teenth century. The knights held Malta for nearly twohundred and fifty years, and remained until the Frenchand then the English drove them out. The people have apeculiar dialect, based on the Arabic, with plenty ofItalian, French and English thrown in. The prevailingindustry seems to be following officers and strangers aroundall day and begging. The town has many beautifulviews, and I could see very easily how life might be toler- AROUND THE WORLD. 211 ated here for tlie warm, genial air. It was the last day ofthe year when we pushed out into the bay and turned ourprow toward the Mediterranean. There was quite a groupof officers on deck surrounding the General and his we neared the Sultan the band played our nationalairs, winding u]3 with Auld Lang Syne. We exchangedgreetings with them, and with our compatriots of the. HOUSETOP AND BATTLEMENTS AT MALTA. Gettysburg, who had gathered on the quarterdeck to saygoodby. So our last remembrance of Malta is the musicthat came from the Sultan, the hurrah that came from theGettysburg and the lowering of one solitary flag, far upthe cliff, which indicated that our consular agent was onthe watch and was bidding us good speed. Our General fell into his sea life quite readily. to welcome the sea with the rapture of a boy goinghome for a holiday. I can well imagine what a holiday itmust be to one w^ho has done in sixteen years the work 1 212 GRANTS TOUR imjDOsed upon General Grant. He is not an early riser,but keeps up the American custom of a breakfast at breakfast tie takes up a newspaper, if he can findone, and a cigar. My friend, Mark Twain, will be gladto know that the General read with delight and apprecia-tion his Innocents Abroad. In Napl
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