THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Volume I

On the 24th of February, 1815, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde
signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d'If, got
on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island.
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean
were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship
to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been
built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocee docks, and belongs to an owner
of the city.
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic
shock has made between the Calasareigne.......