CHAPTER III.

ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT.

Return to England--Paris--English and French Officers--Un véritable Rosbif--Plum Poudin--Touching Courtesy--Isle of Wight--Parkhurst Barracks--Election at Cowes--A Tipsy Driver--Camp at Chobham--Visitors to the Camp--The Rev. Dr. Cumming--In the Manufacturing Districts--Ordered to the East--Generous Conduct of the Cunards--War Ditties--Scutari--A Wrestling Match--A Good Story--A Fairy Scene--The Sultan’s Wife 45