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fome of our men,, touch indifpofed. We foundthe Athenian
lad^ whom' we had left behind ill of a tertian fever, mendéd.
The fick failor had embraced an opportunity, which offered,
and was gone home to Zante.
W e failed from Chiarenza On Sunday the Ywentieth or july,
1766; and the lame, evening, entered the hat hour o f Zante, in
which a fquadroti of Venetian fhips of war under admiral Ejno
lay at ^anchor, waiting, as we were informed, for orders to
proceed agairift the D e y o f Algiers. We were hailed from the
land, and the boat going afhore, the Britifh conful John Sargint
Efquire acquainted us that we muft attend in, the morning at
the Health-Office* We were then ordered to the Lazaretto to
perforfh a'^uarahtine of fourteen days.
. T he Lazaretto is by the fea-fide at a 'diftahéè froth-thèfdWn.
We were lodged' over our fervants and baggage in a chamber
Without» s&y? furniture, the walls whiter waflied. Thd ddftbmary
precau|ih& Were explained to-us. In the evfefilh§^ur'Ward was
docked j and no body was pèfmitted to> fee ^d but id
thötpfs^eriediDf iótirikëepèr. b The »Conful and* Ehgliflr toeKch%tts
Vitódfi 1 with théifbrrfièr came a pbyfiöfiniiqtoy dtewpas*
ïstonssoa&dtstwtrsjöf ödr fervatosvbeing‘ili of arfevepgfwtócbwas
^Éesbad,a!r?öf?the>Morea. We eoiMtoted» fefoppiy
nnciliWedeft the iflandun
sldetebihtoD •* bas «gnilnsw ai moor Is/H snhVO sAT
éfoöitydf the prior ofthe^L^aretBoyand ofothe good
rfatltefs o f the Latin’Fconvefit adjoining* with the attention of
oar countrymen,' xendfered-our confinement very tolerable:1 :When
iffte term Was'iqearily expired, f u ftoall gratuity-to thè/ehanseeildr
Of the Health-Offioe obtained us a releafe. 1 We paid our fees,
3W directed hy the conful, and gdVdFmoney toF^theb^aard ' e f
'{fbldiêrs. !Fl®ithe;:evêftinguwe eroded in a^boatfto the tow®,
where a lodging was provided. A capacious harbour filled, be-
fides-»other veffols, with large fhips -a!nd • glittering gal lies, a
flobiifoing ;c$y #hh^ffrë^ie§,1‘ëhdiïhÓblë* edifices^ th'ë/ fduhd' of
1 bells.
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bells, the drefs, and manners o f Italy, were all articles to which
we had been long difufed. The tranfition from mifery and
defolation was as ftriking as it had been fudden. We drew a
moft favourable contraft, . and rejoiced on our fafe arrival in
t^e happier regions of ChriftendQn^ n|
’ C I f A P. LXXIX.
O f the ifland o f Zante^-ftbe cky^^the Corinth-grape-~Currants
— Extract from ^
Earthquakes— Not able to proceed— Occurrences at Zante —
fa fambark f a r England.
Z. A N»TEf is a finall ifland' belonging, to the. ; Venetians,
full o f villages and people j called by the Greeks ^akynthos.
It eanfifis) Of two or three not Very ampkiy%lH§sL'&eltered»hy
high bare mountains, well.cultivated, and r icbJa their produce
as well ^snp)eafan£ to the,eye; the foil foiling the vine afcdr the
olivej orange* -lemon and citron-trees.» Its Wines and oil are
defervedly extolled. Its melons and peaches are o f uncommon
fize and exquifite flavour; It has been ftyled not byberbolically,
fthe Golden Ifland. But room is wanting, and a confiderablfe
popfiod o f othe profits arifing from currants, the Ctiaple cototoo-
^ity>; is j refundedIdbr corn and cattle; They import: live flock
daily from thfe Morea j and in tempeftuous weather a temporary
famine not .rarely enfues. • The governor is appointed by the
republic, a^d i#/fubjesä;t®i the fuperforjjurilHiftiohsofi i gehend»
who refidesf'alternately a%the place^Funder his command. We
were introduced ito, this Ldffksr, who* iWas then! imJthe.eity,s hy
s circuit morejthän fta4|a^rt twenty
. g^Jevjnvmil^ ,af?f a tenat^.epbsy?nia., j) Strobe. , If? circuit thirty fix
miles.' Pithy. ,
the