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Chap, xxxiii.]
PUMICE STONE.
37
CHAPTER XXXIII.
■Leave Boudroum—Put into Biteh Bay—Chifuot Kaleh—Sail for Cape Crio—
Cnidus—Ruins—^Valls of ancient Towns—Inscriptions—Tombs—Worship of
Apollo,—Syme—Rhodes.
Friday, January 13.—We got under weigh early this
morning, and stood across the gulf for Cape Crio and Cni-
dus ; but were compelled by a heavy gale of wind to put
back into Biteh Bay, five miles to the S.W. of Boudroum.
Here we were sheltered from the S.W. gale, and in the
afternoon I found Mr. D. Dundas on board a Greek schooner,
on his way from Rhodes to Syra, having also put in the
night before from stress of weather. Pent up as he was in
a wretched cabin, his satisfaction at meeting with his coun-
trymen in such a spot must have suffered from a comparison
of our comfortable yacht with his own limited accommoda-
tions. In point of provision, however, we were not better
off than he was, as our stores were failing fast, and we were
obliged to trust to what we could pick up along the coast.
Here we had procured a lean cow, but before reaching
Rhodes both wine and spirits were consumed, and the men
good-humouredly observed that they were qualified to take
the teetotalers' pledge.
Saturday, January 14.—We pulled across the bay, three
or four miles to the S.W., and, landing on a projecting pro-
montory, walked along the coast to the foot of the hill of
Chifoot Kaleh. On the beach were numerous rounded
masses or pebbles of pumice-stone, some of them nine inches
m diameter. A lar<>-e portion of the coast consisted of tra-
chyte and trachytic conglomerate with peperite, but I did
not see from what formation the pumice-stone was derived.*
* It has been suggested to me that it may be the produce of Etna, wafted by
the S.W. winds ; but, never having found it on any other part of the coast, I am
Inclined to give it a more local origin.
PUMICE STONE.
37
CHAPTER XXXIII.
■Leave Boudroum—Put into Biteh Bay—Chifuot Kaleh—Sail for Cape Crio—
Cnidus—Ruins—^Valls of ancient Towns—Inscriptions—Tombs—Worship of
Apollo,—Syme—Rhodes.
Friday, January 13.—We got under weigh early this
morning, and stood across the gulf for Cape Crio and Cni-
dus ; but were compelled by a heavy gale of wind to put
back into Biteh Bay, five miles to the S.W. of Boudroum.
Here we were sheltered from the S.W. gale, and in the
afternoon I found Mr. D. Dundas on board a Greek schooner,
on his way from Rhodes to Syra, having also put in the
night before from stress of weather. Pent up as he was in
a wretched cabin, his satisfaction at meeting with his coun-
trymen in such a spot must have suffered from a comparison
of our comfortable yacht with his own limited accommoda-
tions. In point of provision, however, we were not better
off than he was, as our stores were failing fast, and we were
obliged to trust to what we could pick up along the coast.
Here we had procured a lean cow, but before reaching
Rhodes both wine and spirits were consumed, and the men
good-humouredly observed that they were qualified to take
the teetotalers' pledge.
Saturday, January 14.—We pulled across the bay, three
or four miles to the S.W., and, landing on a projecting pro-
montory, walked along the coast to the foot of the hill of
Chifoot Kaleh. On the beach were numerous rounded
masses or pebbles of pumice-stone, some of them nine inches
m diameter. A lar<>-e portion of the coast consisted of tra-
chyte and trachytic conglomerate with peperite, but I did
not see from what formation the pumice-stone was derived.*
* It has been suggested to me that it may be the produce of Etna, wafted by
the S.W. winds ; but, never having found it on any other part of the coast, I am
Inclined to give it a more local origin.