The house selected for Byron was down on the shore. It was most definitely Turkish in its appearance, with projecting balconies, exterior staircases, relatively small windows and numerous open turrets. The ground floor was soon full of Byron’s boisterous band of Souliotes, whom he employed as his personal bodyguard. The outhouses served as stables. On the first floor Colonel Leicester Stanhope planned a newspaper, called “Hellenica Chronica” (Greek Chronicles); Byron financed this endeavor as well. The second floor walls were covered with swords, pistols, sabres, bayonets, and helmets. Here Byron planned military campaigns and had an expansive view of the lagoon.