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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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May
23.--'We
arrived
in
the
morning
at
the
east
end
of
Candia,
and
had
a
glorious
scramble
over
the
mountains,
which
seem
built
of
adamant.
Time
has
worn
away
the
softer
portions
of
the
rock,
only
leaving
sharp,
jagged
edges
of
steel;
sea
eagles
soaring
above
our
heads--old
tanks,
ruins,
and
desolation
at
our
feet.
The
ancient
Arsinoe
stood
here:
a
few
blocks
of
marble
with
the
cross
attest
the
presence
of
Venetian
Christians;
but
now--the
desolation
of
desolations.
Mr.
Liddell
and
I
separated
from
the
rest,
and
when
we
had
found
a
sure
bay
for
the
cable,
had
a
tremendous
lively
scramble
back
to
the
boat.
These
are
the
bits
of
our
life
which
I
enjoy;
which
have
some
poetry,
some
grandeur
in
them.
May
29.-'Yesterday
we
ran
round
to
the
new
harbour
(of
Alexandria),
landed
the
shore
end
of
the
cable
close
to
Cleopatra's
Bath,
and
made
a
very
satisfactory
start
about
one
in
the
afternoon.
We
had
scarcely
gone
200
yards
when
I
noticed
that
the
cable
ceased
to
run
out,
and
I
wondered
why
the
ship
had
stopped.'
The
Elba
had
run
her
nose
on
a
sandbank.
After
trying
to
force
her
over
it,
an
anchor
was
put
out
astern
and
the
rope
wound
by
a
steam
winch,
while
the
engines
were
backed;
but
all
in
vain.
At
length
a
small
Turkish
steamer,
the
consort
of
the
Elba,
came
to
her
assistance,
and
by
means
of
a
hawser
helped
to
tug
her
off:
The
pilot
again
ran
her
aground
soon
after,
but
she
was
delivered
by
the
same
means
without
much
damage.
When
two-thirds
of
this
cable
was
laid
the
line
snapped
in
deep
water,
and
had
to
be
recovered.
On
Saturday,
June
4,
they
arrived
at
Syra,
where
they
had
to
perform
four
days'
quarantine,
during
which,
however,
they
started
repairing
the
Canea
cable.
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