ning, we sawe all our adversaries to lee-ward of us; and they,
espying us, chased us till ten of the clocke; and then, seeing they
could not prevaile, gave us over.

Thus we give God most humble thankes for our safe deliverance from the
cruell enemie, which hath beene more mightie by the Providence of God
than any tongue can expresse; to whom bee all praise, honour, and glory,
both now and ever, Amen.

A. W. KINGLAKE

Eothen

_I.--Through Servia to Constantinople_

Alexander William Kinglake, born near Taunton, England,
Aug. 5, 1809, was the eldest son of William Kinglake,
banker and solicitor, of Taunton. He was educated at Eton
and Cambridge, where he was a friend of Tennyson and
Thackeray. In 1835 he made the Eastern tour described in
"Eothen [Greek, 'from the dawn'], or Traces of Travel
Brought Home from the East," which was twice re-written
before it appeared in 1844. It is more a record of
personal impressions of the countries visited than an
ordinary book of travel, and is distinguished for its
refined style and delightful humour. Kinglake accompanied
St. Arnaud and his army in the campaign which resulted in
the conquest of Algiers for France. In 1854 he went to the
Crimea with the British troops, met Lord Raglan, and
stayed with the British commander until the opening of the
siege of Sebastopol. At the request of Lady Raglan he
wrote the famous history of the "Invasion of the Crimea,"
which appeared at intervals between 1863 and 1887. He died
on January 2, 1891.

At Semlin I was still encompassed by the scenes and sounds of familiar
life, yet whenever I chose to look southward I saw the Ottoman
fortress--austere, and darkly impending high over the vale of the
Danube--historic Belgrade. I had come to the end of wheel-going Europe,
and now my eyes would see the splendour and havoc of the East. We
managed the work of departure from Semlin with nearly as much solemnity
as if we had been departing this life. The plague was supposed to be
raging in the Ottoman Empire, and we were asked by our Semlin friends if
we were perfectly certain that we had wound up all our affairs in
Christendom.

We soon reached the southern bank in our row-boat, and were met by an
invitation from the pasha to pay him a visit. In the course of an
interesting interview, conducted with Oriental imagery by our dragoman,
we informed the pasha that we were obliged for his hospitality and th