"It is already signalled from the mast-head," was the reply, "merchant-ship--Furius Ahalla--lay at anchor here."
"Where bound?"
"For the East--for India!"
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1]: A place for wrestling and other exercises.
[Footnote 2]: The most valued wood--not the modern citron-tree.
[Footnote 3]: Pine-wood.
[Footnote 4]: A Grecian rider's upper garment, worn by the Romans of that time.
[Footnote 5]: An epocha of the Roman calendar instituted by Constantine the Great.