A Hebrew woman was delivered of a
daughter by a Christian midwife, who immediately baptized the child,
and the authorities refused to restore her to the mother. At Leghorn,
just before Passover, a woman had lost a child, and accused the Jews
of stealing it, but the Governor put her in prison, saying she should
remain there till the child was found. This had the desired effect,
and the child was discovered the next day.

We left Civita Vecchia at 3 P.M. and anchored the following day at 8
A.M. in the harbour of Naples. Baron Charles de Rothschild and his son
came on board to see us, and to converse with us respecting the
Mission.

It was nine when our captain and his companions returned, and we
immediately started.

_July 27th._--Entered the harbour of Malta at 5 A.M.; landed, and went
to Dunford's Hotel. Subsequently paid our respects to the Governor, at
the Palace, also to Sir Hector Grey.

_Tuesday, July 28._--Rose at five. Went to Synagogue. Having left
cards at the Palace and called on some friends, we went on board the
_Eurotas_ at half-past eleven.

The sea was terribly rough and disagreeable. "Those who have the
happiness of remaining at home," said Sir Moses, "can have no idea of
the miseries of the sea."

_July 29th._--Had some heavy squalls. While Lady Montefiore was
sitting on deck, a lurch of the vessel threw her backwards with great
force. Both she and Sir Moses were much alarmed. The weather continued
very rough.

_July 31st._--Were close in with Falkner's Island and the Island of
Milo to the E.S.E.; every one was delighted with the change in the
weather. The appearance of the Islands was barren and monotonous. At
five o'clock we cast anchor in the bay, pretty close to Syra. The
water here is extremely blue, and so clear that we could see
the-bottom at a depth of sixty feet. We had made all preparations for
immediately embarking on board the vessel which was to take us to
Alexandria, but we learnt, to our regret, that she had not yet arrived
from Athens. We were consequently compelled to remain on the
_Eurotas_.

_August 1st._--At twelve left the _Eurotas_ and went on board the
_Tancrede_, which had arrived in the night from Athens, having made
the voyage in seven and a half hours. We had very few passengers
besides our own party,--one a brother of Count Capo D'Istria. He had
been imprisoned during eight months, and was being sent out of Greece.
A boat with soldiers remained close to the steame