The Argosy . fappearances or anything but the enjoyment of the fruit, with a free- jdom which, I believe, we envied, and would have imitated if we j could have done so undetected. We were some time getting thoroughly alongside, but at last it wasaccomphshed and landing became possible. Before finally leaving the Batavia we went on shore to recon-nbitre, as Robinson Crusoe would have said, and to ascertain what I sort of a pied-^-terre we should find during our short sojourn inBrindisi. And first of all we found that we should have to change our pre-concerted plans. One very often has to do so
The Argosy . fappearances or anything but the enjoyment of the fruit, with a free- jdom which, I believe, we envied, and would have imitated if we j could have done so undetected. We were some time getting thoroughly alongside, but at last it wasaccomphshed and landing became possible. Before finally leaving the Batavia we went on shore to recon-nbitre, as Robinson Crusoe would have said, and to ascertain what I sort of a pied-^-terre we should find during our short sojourn inBrindisi. And first of all we found that we should have to change our pre-concerted plans. One very often has to do so in this world, andwith many a heartache. In the present instance it gave us no verygreat unhappiness, for it was merely changing one charming routeor another perhaps equally so. We had wished to run down to Otranto, gaze upon its ,Castle, and recall the scenes of that mys-tarious, though never specially interesting tale which has a place inchildhoods recollections; yet never half so thrilling as the mysteries. Vesuvius, from Naples
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