ten o'clock
Cairo had prepared Edgar for Constantinople , and indeed he thought the former city more picturesque in the variety of costume than the latter . The views from the hill of Pera , whether looking up the Golden Horn , across it at Stamboul , over to Scutari and the shores of the Sea of Marmora , or up the Bosphorus , were beautiful beyond anything that he had ever seen , and leaving the exploration of the city for another day , he sat down under the shade of some cypress trees close to a Turkish cemetery and entered into a conversation with the guardian of the tombs , who pointed out the various mosques and places of interest to him . At the end of two hours he repaired to the embassy . Presently a dragoman came down and asked him if his name was Blagrove , and on his replying in the affirmative , said that Sir Sidney Smith had ordered him to say that he could return in the boat to the ship , for that he would dine ashore , and the boat was to be at the wharf at ten o'clock . Sir Sidney Smith remained two months at Constantinople . His duty , in conjunction with his brother , Mr. Seymour Smith , was to engage the Sultan in an active alliance with England , and to concert , as a naval officer , the best plan to be pursued to render that alliance effective . The former portion of the commission had already been carried almost to a successful termination by his brother , and the treaty was signed on the first week of January , 1799 .