то LADY NAPIER Are Inscribed THESE "EXCURSIONS ALONG THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN," AS A TRIBUTE OF FILIAL DEVOTION TO THE KINDEST AND BEST OF PARENTS, FROM HER GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE SON, THE AUTHOR. ADVERTISEMENT. Ir was the first intention of the Author to have brought the following pages before the Public in their original shape of "Letters from the Mediterranean," addressed to Lady Napier. The confidential correspondence with a kind parent, however, necessarily containing many particulars void of general interest, he was induced, whilst retaining the familiar epistolary style, to throw the narrative into the form of a journal. Should any further plea for indulgence be necessary, the Author has to urge in pallia tion of faults of style and composition, that official duties calling him to new and more distant "Excursions," left but little time to correct and revise those "Along the Shores of the Mediterranean." J. U. S. Club, Feb. 1842. CONTENTS Approaching departure for foreign service-Feelings on leaving Ireland-Retrospective view of English quarters Comparison of a military residence in At sea-Cape Spartel-Detained in the Gut by east- erly winds-Account of departure from Cork- Embarkation scenes- -Head quarters of the regi- ment embark on board the "Prince Regent" at Cove-Steaming down the river-Beauty of the banks-Get under weigh-Sea-sickness-Miseries on board a troop ship-Little attention paid to the |