234 MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 



GiGLIO 



'^ April 25///. Fine, bright morning, but a heavy south- 

 westerly swell prevented our going round to the west 

 side of the island to see the caves and grottoes. The 

 men got some more gulls' eggs, and caught some of the 

 fishes before mentioned in the trammel. The captain and 

 the doctor landed and walked about the southern end of 

 the island, but shot nothing, and only reported a solitary 

 quail. T. and I loafed about the bay in the cutter ; 

 saw a beautiful female peregrine. Went aboard again to 

 luncheon, got up steam, and ran over to the little port 

 of Giglio, a nook under high hills, where we fondly 

 dreamed that, with this westerly swell, we might lie 

 snugly ; but the swell came in from the south-east, and 

 we had a very roily evening and night. Smart voung 

 port officer reports no birds of any kind except on passage, 

 but the boys in boats say that there are many rock doves 

 in the cliffs close by, and probably know more than the 

 official." 



San St e fa no 



" April 26th. Ran across to San Stefano, where we 

 found an excellent harbour on the north side of Mount 

 Argentario. There is very little said about this place in 

 the Sailing Directions, but we could not have a better place 

 with southerly winds. The town lies on a little bay on 

 a slope of the mountain, with a good deal of cultivation 

 about it, and iron mines and foundries not far off". 



