"We are now up to our lips in a royal marriage. It is to take place next
Saturday, and will I dare say be a very pretty sight. The young lady[5]
is very happy by all accounts, and looks quite radiant. Politics are
pretty quiet, and there are as few mistakes made as you can expect in
the fourth year of a government. I think we are rather losing in London,
but are gaining in other places. On the whole all things are very quiet.
With kind regards to Sir Richard,
"Believe me,
"Yours very sincerely,
"G. SALISBURY."
In November the Burtons started, _via_ Brindisi, for Malta, where they
passed a pleasant month, met many friends, and enjoyed themselves very
much. From Malta they went to Tunis, and renewed their acquaintance
with the Bedawin and the Arab tents. It was their last glimpse of the
desert life which they loved so well. Among other places they visited
the ruins of Carthage, and made as many excursions into the interior as
it was possible, considering the state of Sir Richard's health. From
Tunis they went by train to Algiers, starting on the journey at 5.15
on a cold January morning. When they reached Algiers, they were
delighted with it at first; but they soon tired. Even an expedition
to the baths of Hammam R'irha did not reconcile them to the place, and
they left it early in March, going by boat to Marseilles, and then
travelling homewards by way of the Riviera to Genoa, and thence to
Venice.
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