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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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The
Elba
arrived
at
Bona
on
June
3,
and
Jenkin
landed
at
Fort
Genova,
on
Cape
Hamrah,
where
some
Arabs
were
building
a
land
line.
'It
was
a
strange
scene,'
he
writes,
'far
more
novel
than
I
had
imagined;
the
high,
steep
bank
covered
with
rich,
spicy
vegetation,
of
which
I
hardly
knew
one
plant.
The
dwarf
palm,
with
fan-like
leaves,
growing
about
two
feet
high,
forms
the
staple
verdure.'
After
dining
in
Fort
Genova,
he
had
nothing
to
do
but
watch
the
sailors
ordering
the
Arabs
about
under
the
'generic
term
"Johnny."'
He
began
to
tire
of
the
scene,
although,
as
he
confesses,
he
had
willingly
paid
more
money
for
less
strange
and
lovely
sights.
Jenkin
was
not
a
dreamer;
he
disliked
being
idle,
and
if
he
had
had
a
pencil
he
would
have
amused
himself
in
sketching
what
he
saw.
That
his
eyes
were
busy
is
evident
from
the
particulars
given
in
his
letter,
where
he
notes
the
yellow
thistles
and
'Scotch-looking
gowans'
which
grow
there,
along
with
the
cistus
and
the
fig-tree.
They
left
Bona
on
June
5,
and,
after
calling
at
Cagliari
and
Chia,
arrived
at
Cape
Spartivento
on
the
morning
of
June
8.
The
coast
here
is
a
low
range
of
heathy
hills,
with
brilliant
green
bushes
and
marshy
pools.
Mr.
Webb
remarks
that
its
reputation
for
fever
was
so
bad
as
to
cause
Italian
men-of-war
to
sheer
off
in
passing
by.
Jenkin
suffered
a
little
from
malaria,
but
of
a
different
origin.
'A
number
of
the
SATURDAY
REVIEW
here,'
he
writes;
'it
reads
so
hot
and
feverish,
so
tomb-like
and
unhealthy,
in
the
midst
of
dear
Nature's
hills
and
sea,
with
good
wholesome
work
to
do.'
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