266 Voyage of the Novara. 



anchors nearer the land in a less depth of water, one is by no 

 means more protected from storms sweeping in from seawards, to 

 which the entire eastern half of the island lies exposed. Only 

 on the west side does the island, with the steep margin of the 

 crater some 700 or 800 feet high, afford any protection against 

 the west winds, which, however, seldom blow here. 



