THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND. Scutari, June 6, Lord Ward placing his steam yacht at her disposal, that she might have the advantage of change of air in sea excursions to recruit her strength. So exhausted was she, that she had to be carried down to the vessel, tenderly and re- verently in the arms of the men, amidst their heart- felt prayers for her speedy recovery. Miss Nightingale's efforts for the poor fellows in the hospitals did not terminate with their death ; for on her return to Scutari she originated a scheme for erecting a monument to the brave men who had died during the winter. This memorial has been only recently completed, and now towers in gloomy gran- deur above the surrounding graves of our British heroes. It is simple and massive ; a square base, surmounted by four figures of angels with drooping wings, who support a tapering shaft, which rises towards the sky. In four different languages on each side of the base is this inscription :- " THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER PEOPLE." The cemetery at Scutari, which possesses such a melancholy interest as the last resting-place of so many heroicBritish soldiers, is picturesquely situated, and one of the most celebrated, extensive, and beautiful of any of the cemeteries in the Ottoman Empire ; and truly a " place of a thousand tombs," there being, it is 'said, tombstones enough within it to rebuild the city. It is enclosed by a dark funereal mass of cypress-trees, the sombre shade of which 35
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