it. v The. .fea-breezo was pext feén at a diftance, and for fome
mïnütëS^we were betweenfboth, becalmêd. Each then prevailed
by turns, and, as it va£re to sdé'cide the conflict* eddies and
whirls o f wind interppfed from the mountains on the coaft
of the Morea. O a f i^menk^&otrT^ils, were to he furled j
then to. be loafed; now we obeyed- th^s, a^dmrefently another
gu ft}' turning to anc|fto as in a labyrinth^* Thé addrefs of the
crew in fluffing and adjiifting the raging and fails could ^be
exceeded only by the fagacrty1 of/üm Jaraboueheri órcaptéin,
who forefew and foretold the changes, though feemingly instantaneous.
A t length, perplexed ai® ^prehenfiye Of fomé un -
lucky accident, asi the: felucca^ ha4tdteen lately;oyëfifet j&id was
now deep laden, he ^ordered the mén to lower'the yards^andsto
row. A fairvgalei fucceededi^nd ^bout .ndèai we artfvldjat
Poro.
T he ifland Poro was an tien tly named Calaurea, and reclfoned
thirty ftadia or three miles and three quartefedn Cireö*Hfere*tCei
It ftretches* along before the coaft of the Mojea in slower riAje,
and is feparated from it* by a^Canal hnly lour ftadf-a or half a
tnilê wide; This, which is balled Poro €r the Ferry; in-ftill
weather, may be pafled on foot^as thorWater is not deep; „It
has givetwfts name fo the iflai®, and"tö.thé town, which corififts
o f about two hupHred honfes, mean land low, with 'flat' rodïs ;
riling oil the ÜÖpë o f a bare dffagfeeable rock. The inhabitants
are fuppfied with wood for fuel chiefly from^he continent. - In
^ chu rch is a Latin infcription, with two in the Italian languagè,
who died o f thé plague in ÉgjgÉ
, and was buried there; and alfo a furgeon- named Altomirus*
w h o :was; iaconfolable fof the lofs of his fripnd. In another
chvteh ftone in the middle ©£.jthe floor, the
margin iafcribed fri^Latin “ Here Altdmlfus tnourjned.”
A p t e k a' fhort Hay at Poro, we rowe with a turbulent fea
through the ftrait round a point of land, and, opening the mouth
o f the gulf, Koifted fail .for the monaftery o f the Panagia or
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