... half-stagnant canaels, with one or two moreb a villas on the other side o1' them, but thetse of the -old Vane- ii tien type, iand sinking fast into utter ruin,'black, and rent, c and loney, sat close to the edg6 of the dull water, with a what were once small gardens ...

... tourists spek of as especi I ally rela'xing thus ei.erieucbcg some of the effects de- cl scribod by Commodore Sinclair. P It is rM necessary to go into detail as to the actual I caueo of those oloud bolts-that is a matter for tedt- Ii bhoks: sufficient to ...

... gunboats for the )Confederate aervice, and was long engaged ii an sun- successful but spirited attempt to bring across the )Atlantic, for the Confederate rervice, war-vessels which ho had procured in Europe. . |IOne of them, -which he named the Stonewall ...