The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II

This is a Book of Biography. The book describes that Lord Cochrane entered the Egeau Sea with his little schooner Unicom and the French brig Sauveur on the 17th of March, 1827. In the afternoon he halted off the island of Hydra, there to leave the Greek deputy Orlando, who had accompanied him from Marseilles. I was surprised", he said", to observe that, except the open batteries near the town of Hydra.