Rambles In The Islands Of Corsica And Sardinia

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. III. Embark for Corsica -- Coast of France and Italy. -- Toulon, -- Hyeres Islands, Frejus, fyc. -- A Stormy night. -- Crossing the Tuscan Sea. Once more we are at the water stairs. A stout boat is ready to convey us with our baggage to I? Industrie, one of Messrs. Vallery's fine steam-boats, in turn for Bastia. Just as we are pushing off, a carriage drives to the quay, with a niece of General the Count di Bivarola, formerly in the British service. She is returning to Corsica. We do the civil, spread plaids, and place her in the stern sheets; and she is very agreeable. It is Sunday morning. The bells of the old church of St. Victor are ringing at early mass. The ships in the port have hoisted their colours. There is our dear, time- honoured jack, " the flag that has braved,"