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Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . ll into the sea,carrying the broken tiller in his hand, into the fatal domains ofNeptune : Ipse gubemator puppi Palinurus ab altd, SfC. The whole passage is one of the most beautiful in the iEneid,and the concluding lines extremely pathetic, u O nimium ccelo ei pelagu confine serenu,Nudus in ignotd, Palinure, jacebis arena. Towards sun-set we came in sight of the village of Domusdere,and the chasm in the mountains through which the waters of theEuxine have forced themselves the enchanted passage. Sohigh and perpendicular are

Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . ll into the sea,carrying the broken tiller in his hand, into the fatal domains ofNeptune : Ipse gubemator puppi Palinurus ab altd, SfC. The whole passage is one of the most beautiful in the iEneid,and the concluding lines extremely pathetic, u O nimium ccelo ei pelagu confine serenu,Nudus in ignotd, Palinure, jacebis arena. Towards sun-set we came in sight of the village of Domusdere,and the chasm in the mountains through which the waters of theEuxine have forced themselves the enchanted passage. Sohigh and perpendicular are Stock Photo

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Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . ll into the sea, carrying the broken tiller in his hand, into the fatal domains ofNeptune : Ipse gubemator puppi Palinurus ab altd, SfC. The whole passage is one of the most beautiful in the iEneid, and the concluding lines extremely pathetic, u O nimium ccelo ei pelagu confine serenu, Nudus in ignotd, Palinure, jacebis arena. Towards sun-set we came in sight of the village of Domusdere, and the chasm in the mountains through which the waters of theEuxine have forced themselves the enchanted passage. Sohigh and perpendicular are the rocks on each side, and so com-pletely do these mountains fold into each other, that we werevery near the shore before we could perceive the recess. ATurkish village and fort called Ushumeri first showed their whitewalls along the beach, and soon after, as the sun and wind wentdown we found ourselves wafted by the mighty current under thetower of the European light-house, Fanaraki. Before we hadreached the castles of De Tott, the short twilight had almost dis-. n5 . i V

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