ed, during our stay of less than a month, that we felt a degree of attachment and obligation to these people. At another excursion, being well equip. ed for a longer journey, we penetrated still farther into this mountainous country, and travelling principally in an eastern direction, were soon gratified with new and romantic scenery, and though frequently plunged into thickets and woods, the gaining the vales beyond, smoothed the rugged road, and the prospect of a view of a village from the adjacent mountains encouraged the ascent; we now reached an extensive wood well stocked with buffaloes, most of which retired on our approach; at the extremity of this wood we entered on a spacious morass, teeming with frogs, whose discordant notes grated on the ear, and soon perceived the holes of wild boars and several human footsteps, this was a stimulus; and following the tracts and gaining a pleasant eminence, we were gratified with the view of a few neat huts: 'on entering the precincts we surprized several of the female inhabitants, who, as at Macri, retreated with precipitation, nor could all our endeavours bring them to a degree of confidence sufficient to barter, and not having the opportunity of repeating our visits at this distance, were prevented the satisfaction of removing their fears by repeated acts of kindness. On our return we joined several of the men going in pursuit of wild boars, their method of tracing and surrounding, and manner of attack, excited admiration; we parted with mutual expressions of friendship, proceeded through woods, over mountains, whose summits, declivities, and precipices, were often covered with goats, whose agility, compared with the buffaloes beneath, formed a pleasing contrast; and arrived at the last wood before the prowling of wolves were heard, and reached our ship in safety. These inhabitants, I am convinced, enjoy more content and happiness, than can be produced in the voluptuous refinements of their cities, far from these temptations, feel、 ing less the effects of oppression, and having every thing within themselves necessary to supply their contracted wants of nature, they are comparatively happy, and had they but the knowledge and love of Christianity in their hearts, emperors might envy their situation. CHAP. XV. Recovery of the Sick-Revisit MarmoriceDescription of a Storm, with Thunder, Lightning, and extraordinary Hail Stones Critical Situation-Providential Escape -Dreadful Effects on Shore-Distress and Danger of the Sick-ReflectionsFormer Prosperity of the CountryDr. White-Transition to a still more Happy Period-Outline of its Ancient History-Improvements in Science, but at the same Time the Seat of sottish Idolatry Sentimentsof Solon-Socrates-Plato Reflections. AT the expiration of a fortnight we were gratified with the recovery of several of our sick, and the convalescence of several others, and at the end of less than three weeks, all were able to return to the ship; soon after we took our leave of Karagatch. Passing again into the gulf, we ap proached the island of Rhodes, had a pleasing view of this entrance into the Archipelago, eminently calculated to produce a train of ideas, concerning the history of its celebrated islands and vicinity, and contrasting its once flourishing and prosperous situation with its present declension, the reflecting mind will commiserate its general depression. "The God-like wisdom of the temper'd breast, 44 Progressive truth; investigation calm, "The patient force of thought; whose silent powers "And all protecting freedom, which alone "These are not theirs." THOMSON. The following morning we arrived again off Marmorice, and entered the harbour, which contained a fleet of upwards of two hundred sail, principally British, enclosed in a port, whose stupendous mountains. form a magnificent amphitheatre, which, with groves of myrtle, vales of lively green, |