ather, Prince Lucien Buonaparte, could be
ascertained as to its interment. A few months afterwards, some natives
entering the convent and smelling the spirits, but apparently in
ignorance of the use to which they had been applied, could not resist
the temptation of tapping the hogshead and drinking a part of its
contents.

Prince Paul Buonaparte died while Lord Cochrane was again making a tour
of the islands, vainly trying to induce the inhabitants to provide him
with adequate means for a formidable attack on the enemy. "In the port
of Spetzas," wrote one of his officers, on the 29th of August, "there
are now nearly forty vessels--none of them ready, not a man on board.
All the men are out in cruisers, notwithstanding his excellency's order
to fit out their vessels to meet the enemy's fleet. But such are the
Greeks; they have no foresight, and until they see the enemy they will
make no preparations, nor will they, unless the money is in their hands,
expend a dollar to prepare a single fireship to defend their country. It
is now twenty-eight days since Lord Cochrane ordered the vessels from
Hydra, Spetzas, and Egina to be prepared, and they are not yet ready."

At length, on the 5th of September, Lord Cochrane was able, though still
with difficulty, to resign the irksome and extra-official duties of a
tax-gatherer that had been forced upon him. "Since my return from Zante,
and, indeed, since my return from Alexandria," he wrote on that day to
the Government, now lodged at Egina, "I have been using my utmost
endeavours to procure the equipment of a dozen brigs and as many
fireships. The delays occasioned, however, by the want of pecuniary
means have hitherto prevented the realization of my wishes, and the
services of this frigate have been lost to the State during the
fore-mentioned period, owing to the impossibility of procuring the
necessary funds without my personal presence at Syra and elsewhere. The
equipment of the brigs and part of the fireships is now completed, in
spite of all difficulties, and I shall not delay one moment the
endeavour to effect something useful to the interests of the State. I
think it proper, however, to intimate to your excellencies that,
everything being paid relative to the expense of the present expedition,
I know of no means whereby a single vessel can be maintained during the
ensuing month."

On the 7th of September, Lord Cochrane was able to start on another
warlike cruise. His force