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He also swept the dark gown free of dust , and cleansing the crucifix and large black horn beads of his rosary , lingered a moment while contemplating the five sublime mysteries allotted to the third chaplet , beginning with the Resurrection of Christ and ending with the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin . In a calmness of spirit such as follows absolution , he finally sallied from the Monastery , and ere long arrived at the landing outside the Fish Market Gate on the Golden Horn . The detentions had been long ; so for speed he selected a two-oared boat . `` To Therapia -- by noon , '' he said to the rower , and , dropping into the passenger 's box , surrendered himself to reflection . The waterway by which the monk proceeded is not unfamiliar to the reader , a general idea of it having been given in the chapter devoted to the adventures of the Prince of India in his outing up the Bosphorus to the Sweet Waters of Asia . The impression there sought to be conveyed -- how feebly is again regretfully admitted -- was of a panorama remarkable as a composition of all the elements of scenic beauty blent together in incomparable perfection . Now , however , it failed the tribute customary from such as had happily to traverse it .