2 A STORM. 



for such small craft. We coasted along the 

 shores of Lycia and Caria to Cape Mar- 

 morice, and then crossed the open sea. The 

 weather was hot and sultry, and the sea smooth. 

 But on the second day, in the afternoon, a 

 terrific squall of wind and rain nearly swamped 

 our frail bark, and we were for some time 

 in imminent danger. The old Turk resigned 

 himself to what appeared impending destruc- 

 tion, and muttered, " Allah ! Allah I " His 

 little sons rolled themselves up in a corner, 

 and lay silent and still : the Arab never gave 

 up, but did his best to trim the caique and 

 keep her afloat ; and the Greeks lay howling 

 with terror, vowing dollars and candlesticks 

 to St. Nicholas, bidding higher and higher 

 for life as the storm rose. When it passed 

 away, we found ourselves driven far out of our 

 track, and close to the rocks near the bay of 

 Karagatch. Again we turned towards Rhodes, 

 but it was too calm to make much way ; and, 

 when by nightfall we found ourselves near an 

 island known on the charts as Rat Island, we 

 gladly put in among the rocks, to light a fire 

 and pass the night on terra firma. When at 

 day-break we put out to sea, we were startled 



