T R A V 176 E L S § .n G R E E C E.
Kerata or The horns, which divided Attica from Megaris. The
ifland Salamis, now called Coluri, is oppolite j and a long, narrow,
rocky point; called antiently Cynofura or The dog's tail extends
toward port Photon. The chanel in feyeral places is najrrow
and intricate. It is land-locked byAmphialeand the oppofite
cape. The width at the ferry was only two ftadia or a quarter
of a milg, ^
c AFS’kfcfBppingf.on a turkey, which our men maflgd the
fhore, we laytdown to fleep among the. bare rocks, waiting until
the moon was fet. We embarked with a rougher feai than was
pleafing, andirowediout in the-dark toward the ifland* intending
to. fiflu enjoined .our twO-^feiaesu . an d.-ithe hoats-parted,
moving each a different w a y *a mahlettfng the net gently down
into the water. We met again inAthe centre, when dome
embers,- which had been hidden, yyfere blown jup^and
on an iron grate. The flame was fed with cedar/dipped iwcttif
which, -blazingfin, the wind, brightened cw9r4he^eep?j ; .thnred
coals hiding as they-fell and were extingnifhed. t^Atf ihe^ fame
time we began ito clatter with wooden hammers,©® the/flde|
and featsrof the wherries, to dafh with a pole, and tc& thfow
ftone%; ididairbing jand driving, the .nnd' d^rting d ©ideajp or
fpear i f any n p p^ red^ , the top, dazzled by; thedlght^Tpiillkw
ling oibib render theJuifabe tranqnil and the* water j^luctdf*
The men.drew up the net with caution, fearing th eh u s of
fome poifonous .fifh, particularly. 1 the icorpion, which lis> killed
with a blow, on the head, while entangled, when;;,the.•danger
ceafes^ The^boats meeting -again^ they untie the *#ei®«^n(h
throwing the fiery brands into the , proceed., m th^<darkhtc>
feme other place. This, is the common ’method ©frfifhlngifn
tbefe teas. - It is o f antient origin, and not unnoticed by'the
*-The.aMents knew this property &£-ell.Pliny tells us, “ Mare omne oleo
trari^mllaB^ et oi id urinantes ore Ipargere, quoniam mitigat maturam afperam
lncemque deportet.” v. 2. p. j^zf. ‘ See a& Plutarch, M"
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Greek poets*. Many fires are feen on the water nightly about
the mouth of the gulf o f Smyrna.
W e continued toiling. and toiling on the waves until the
morning dawned, when we had taken a eonfiderable quantity o f
mullet, with fome cuttle-fifh, and a fea-fpider or two« We
then landed, and made a fire with pieces o f dry wood, and
brands colle&ed along the (here. Some red mullets were
drefled on -the coals for breakfaft, and the nets ipread in the fun
t0 dry. When the moon was down we refumed our watry
occupation. We continued near a week in the Arabs. The
men in the day-time were employed in falling fifh, or in rowing
along the coaft, and looking for the echinus or fea-chefnut,
cockles, oyfiers, and the, like 5 (pt&fcjjngjg* on the furface,
when neeeflary j and taking them -up' with iron inftruments
Sftened in long poles.. The fea polypus lurks at the bottom of
the water. We found the penis marines with the pointed ends
o f the two fhells fixed in the mud, and the fan or broad part
open. The fifh is like a mufcle, and occupies only the lower
portion ; but each has guards, a kind o f fhrtmp, generally two
o r three in number, which live in the vacant fpace, and give it
notice to fhut up on the approach o f danger. W e flept on
flbore, often in fcanty fhade; and rambled on the mountm*.
which are covered with low bufbes of kntifens or mafhe. We
killed fome partridges, and I was affured, that in this region
they are heard to fing, and feme-times are feen perching. It
*ems amwfing. to view the way« raging, and to hften to the roar
about the headlands and promontories j while m the lee it was
ffcark calm. The experienced mariner judges o f the ftorm untalt
and unfeen, and is directed by the nobe t© launch forth or to
tarry in the portlet.
W e landed by the ferry, where fame patfeogers waited the
return o f the .boat i but I found no 'vefeiges of a temple. We
> See Q m w . 1- 4. and a.b«a»e6UfM»Ue in Q.Smyrnjens, J.y , v. p$*
A a vifited