Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury; edited, with a memoir, by Joseph Ince.

  • Daniel Hanbury
Date:
1876
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Credit: Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury; edited, with a memoir, by Joseph Ince. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of chains overhead, which was not conducive either to quiet thought or literary composition. cwo^^oi- Onward now to Chios, one of the many birthplaces of Homer; and though it may be doubtful whether it was there that the poet first saw the light, certain it is that the island is famous for mastich, grapes, and olives. Now s^yrim travellers approach the magnificent gulf of Smyrna, all along the coast of which the sultana raisin is culti- vated. The scenery is beautiful exceedingly: the green shore contrasting with the lofty rugged-topped moun- tains, covered here and there with scattered ranges of forest. But though Nature is sublime, the country was found in a horrible condition, with bandits close outside the town. The richness of the botany of Asia Minor was a suffi- cient compensation for inevitable drawbacks. Smyrna itself has probably not less than 1,500 species in a radius of ten miles. There they saw olives with resin exuding, a sight which is very rare. Fig-packing was going on. Leaving Smyrna, with its wretched town, bad houses, and filthy, narrow streets, they sailed by L'lmpSratrice for Beyrlit: passed the Ionian and Carian coast to Khodes, and on Monday (Sept. 24) anchored ofi Cyprus, in which raphes the is Paphos, renowned for wine and honey. Next day B^dilv Lebanon was in sight as a splendid long ridge rising hiffh out of the eastern horizon. Beautiful is the situa- tion of Beyrut, at the foot of Lebanon, an undulating flat with rocky shore ; the houses all nestling in green foliage of mulberry, ricinus, olive, and fig. Vines, date, acacia, plane, and poplar grow in the little gardens. At the Hotel de Bellevue they held conclave about a Dragoman, and selected Habeeb Somah, who had accom- panied the Misses Beaufort. Mounted on most wretched
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