Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 29, 1902

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VOPLE Belfast Young Home I Mil 11 21 1902 Jg when we awoke rut soon cleared oft in having the finest ill here and Athens to nmere on board in good ft six hours later than d time of departure That ii in this part of the world where time seems to count as merely made to kill Sunday Vl a good rest and on account of p extreme cold were not on deck all y but saw the site of ancient Troy mu the Asiatic shore It was beautitul coming through the Dardanelles about sunsVt At the town of this name we stopped to land a freight of artichokes and beans and to have our health certi ficates approved We awoke at six the next morning to find ourselves about to drop anchor in the llosphorus oppo site the sevenhilled city of Constantine with the star and crescent on all sides t was a little cold and dither foggy so we did not hurry to see lie entrance in to the harbor which has been so enthu siastically descrilied by many Gradu ally however the minarets appealed through the vapors one by one and the domes of the mosques