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brightening rays difclofe to view, on the fummit 

 of an adjoining eminence, a cottage overfhadowed 

 with trees. Out of it iflue a fhepherd, his wife, 

 and his daughter, who take the path that leads to 

 the grotto, with vafes and bafkets on their heads. 

 It is the fpectacle of your diftrefs which attra&s 

 thefe good people toward you. They are pro- 

 vided with fire, fruits, bread, wine, clothing, for 

 your relief. They vie with each other in rendering 

 you the offices of hofpitality. The wants of the 

 body being fatisfied, thofe of the mind begin to 

 call for gratification. Your eye eagerly wanders 

 along the furface of the deep, and you are en- 

 quiring within yourfelf, " On what part of the 

 ** World am I thrown ?" The fhepherd perceives 

 your anxiety, and removes it, addreffing you in 

 thefe words : " That diftant ifland which you fee 

 " to the North, is Mycone. There is Delos, a 

 " little to the left, and Paros directly in front. 

 " That in which we are is Naxos ; you are on 

 " that very part of the ifland where Ariadne was 

 '< formerly abandoned by Thefeus. It was on that 

 " long bank of white fand, which projects below 

 tc into the Sea, that (lie pafled the days, with her 

 " eyes rivetted on that point of the Horizon where 

 " the veffel of her faithlefs lover at length ceafed 

 " to be vifible ; and into this very grotto, where 

 " you now are, fhe retired, at night, to mourn 

 fj over his departure. To the right, between thefe, 



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