text:  "By a strange coincidence I under the roof of Giorgio for the first time became acquainted with Mr Hunter the author of the _Expedition to Syria_ who placed in similar circumstances with myself was likewise an inmate of the same house and of whom as we were subsequently much known together during our residence in this country I shall after have occasion to mention: at present I will take the liberty of borrowing from his amusing narrative the following account of the inmates of our new domicile