this respect the laws of his order
are stringent, and the breath of scandal has never yet sullied his
fair name, though it is quite true that whilst in his native land the
temptations are not very severe. I should not be surprised if a report
I heard current should prove true, that he intended, at no very
distant period, to relinquish the government of Montenegro, and spend
the remainder of his days among a people more congenial to the habits
of a man of education. Were he an absolute potentate, an extended
field for benefiting his countrymen might be obtained; but with his
more constitutional power, the attempts he has been able to make have
been constantly thwarted by prejudice and ignorance. Had he the
privileges or the ties of an ordinary man, then, as we all know, the
barrener the rocks, the dearer seems the love of the native land; but,
situated as he is, he can hardly be accused of want of patriotism if
his stay in Montenegro should not extend beyond the time required in
saving sufficient of his income to quit it.

Our voyage from Cattaro to Corfu was accomplished in a small
trabacolo--the San Marco of Spalatro--having on board three men and a
boy. These boats, though not fast, are very safe, and the Dalmatians
in general manage small craft well. The north wind is scarce at this
time of the year, but a beautiful _tramontana_ blew during the time we
were working out of the Bocca. This we lost entirely, and not a breath
moved its calm waters. We had also to wait some hours at Port Rosa,
situated at the entrance of the Bocca, for our papers. By the time we
were out at sea, the wind had nearly died away, and the next day found
us employed gathering wild pomegranates on the desolate shores near
Antiversi, in Albania. Again a beautiful tramontana sprang up, and in
a vessel of first-rate sailing powers, would almost have brought us
in. All day we went gallantly along. The heads of Ducazzo--Dyrrichium
of old--began to appear, and soon we passed it in a foam. All night we
held on, and in the morning were beside the "_infames scopulos
Acroceraunia_," and in sight of the island of Sassina, near the
harbour of Avlona. On we went still, till at length there appeared the
land of the Phoeacians, "like a shield upon the sea;" but there was
a cloud over it which portended ill. It advanced towards us, and
extended rapidly. It was soon evident to the most sanguine that the
wind was changing, and there was shortly no mistake about