2 32 MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 



Mount Argentaro ; a small walled town and fort are 

 situated on its west side, a conical hill with fort on 

 the other, and a small marina at the north-east end of the 

 bay. Peck and T. went ashore, and describe a pretty, 

 well-cultivated, English-looking country, with good road 

 hedgerows of whitethorn, brambles, etc., and a profusion of 

 wild flowers, of which they brought off a good many." 



GlANNUTRI 



" April 24-th. Very fine morning. We steamed over 

 to Giannutri, about eleven miles, let go our anchor about 

 9 a.m. in the little gulf of Palmatoja, a snug harbour in 

 westerly, northerly, or southerly winds ; fifteen fathoms 

 close to the shore. The island consists of undulating 

 limestone hills, for the most part overgrown with thick 

 scrub. On the eastern side the sea cliffs are low, very 

 much water-fretted, red, grey, and black. There was 

 such a very heavy swell that we could not do any good 

 with the boats on western side. T., Peck, and captain 

 landed, but shot nothing and saw very little ; were 

 warned off by lighthouse people, who said that the 

 northern half of the island was rented and preserved for 

 shooting by some Livornese. 



" A fine specimen of sub-alpine warbler (Sylvia 

 subalpina] picked up on deck dead. 



" The fishermen brought off a greater forkbeard 

 (Phycis blennoides], another fish which I take to be 



