This last friend of the Duke d'Abrantesthis Pylades of the poor Oresteswasa madman!a poor simpleton, of good family, who was so good-humored and harmless that he was allowed to go at large, and free scope given to his innocent freaks.

CHAPTER XXI SmyrnaThe Sport of the DjeridJourney to EphesusThe dead City The desolate CountryThe Ruins and Obliteration of the TempleThe slight Impression of all on Byron The passage in the Pylades from Athens to Smyrna was performed without accident or adventure.