“Mouley Hasan came to the camp to pay his respects to the Emperor, and expressed his desire to see the _carraca_ of the Order, which was much larger than the ‘Grimalda,’ although the latter could carry 14,000 Sicilian _salmes_ of grain. She had four decks above the water-mark, and two below covered with lead. The ports were closed by bronze shutters, which did not injure the lead like iron, and they fitted so well that a whole army could not sink her. There was a chapel, an armoury for 500 men, a hall, chamber, and ante-chamber for the Grand Master and the Council, rooms for the knights and officers, and mills and ovens for each day’s cooking. There were galleries, a forge, and flowers in boxes all round the poop. She carried fifty cannons of large calibre and a large quantity of smaller ones. Her mast could be only encircled by six men. She was very light, and decorated throughout with carving and pictures.” C. The old cemetery of St. George, near the Carthage gate of Tunis (Bab-el- Carthagena), is the earliest existing Christian relic in Tunis. It was granted, as its name indicates, to England, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, but the original deed of gift has been lost. Once outside the battlements, it is now in the very heart of the city. In removing some rubbish three years ago a series of narrow stone tombs, fashioned after the manner of the Arabs, was discovered. The inscriptions on them, carved in bold raised letters, are very curious and as clear as the day they were placed here. These are the most remarkable:— (1) DEPOSITVM CONSVLIS CAMPION OBIIT PRIMO OCTOBRIS MDCLXI (2) HIC JACET RICARDVS LEAR ANGLVS SVÆ NATIONIS CONSVLIS CANCELLARIVS QUI OBIIT XXIII APRILIS ANNO DOMINI MDCLXIII (3) SAMVEL COBBE MERCATOR ANGLICVS OBIIT SEXTO DIE OCTOBRIS ANNO DOMINI MDCXLVIII (4) IN MEMORIAM ~M~RI GVLIELMI HAINES MERCATORIS ANGLICI QVI OBIIT XIX DIE NOVEMBRIS MDCXLIX. (5) HIC JACET BARNABAS HOL DIN DVX NAVIS AMITITIÆ OBIIT INPORTA VTICA XIII DECEMB RIS ANº Dº MDCLXI (6) GVLIELMI HVLL DVCIS NAVIS MERCVRII HIC REQVIESCAT PVLVIS QVI EX HAC VITA MIGRAVIT XXII DIE JVLII ANNO VERBI INCARNATI MDCLXXIII. The seventh stone is the most remarkable of all. At the head is a shield thus:— [Illustration] Its sides are covered with exquisite Arabesque tracery; the letters are of lead, and it apparently tells a tale of some long-forgotten crime. The annals of the Barrington family may throw some light on its history. In the centre of the slab is this inscription— THEOPHILVS BARRINGTONVS GOBRIC PABEMI ESSEXIA IN ANGLIA EQVITI AVRA TO SEPTIMO LOCO NATVS PARCARVM HIC IN IPSO JVVENTVTIS FLOREINV IDIAM EXPERTVS ANTI QVISSIMVM PVNICÆ ARGVMENTVM NVPE