Part I. ^ Traveh, into the knt. i eg 
enough , h.îvirg ail things necclTary for life ; ^ ttiey have no Phylicians, 
Chyi argeoiis, i;or any of that Profeffion. There are no Turks in this lilind, 
and in is j^-.ovei ntd by four Deputies of the Town. Haifa mile from /t^^/^', 
■ is the iQe cabled djimdo or Argcntara^ which hath a good Harbour, and a Village cNmolo, or 
co; taining t'lout two hundred Souls, which was burnt by the Corfairs in ths Arj^mara. 
'Year 1638. Thefe poor People live in great mifery. 
The IÛC of SifaHo or Si fa-z^o, anciently 5//»?;-'«^, is thirty fix miles in circuit, 
and has a Caille upo.; a Hill, with double Walls, inhabited by three thouiand-^'''"''* 
Souls, and there are no other Houfes in all the llland, unlefs it be fome Cciun- 
trey-houfes of private Men : There is no water in this Caftlc, what they have, 
is brought out of the Plain underneath it. The Harbour is not good for Barks, 
and therefore they have Ware-houfes near the ihore, where they put their Corn- 
'modities, and then draw the Barkson Land. There is another good Flarbour, 
but it is five miles from thence. This îfle belonged formerly to the Family of 
Coz.ad!m\ as may be feen by an Infcripcion made in the Year 1450. upon aFamilv of the 
Marble Pillar at the entry into the Port. There is upon it a Latin Bifliop, and Oû^^^^iini. 
a Greek Vicar j but the Chapel of the Latin Bifhop is little, and very poor : 
There is a Monaftery of Greeks alfo, built upon a Hill. There is no place of 
Recreation in this Ifland, nor any other Antiquity, but a .great Cheft of white 
Marble with Oxes Heads, Feftons,and Fruits upon it. Thislile produces not Pro- 
vilions for above two months in theyearjand for therefl of the year,the Inhabi- 
tants provide therafelves elfewhere, having little Baiks for that end, which 
they build upon the place. They fay, that they have a Mine of Lead, and a 
GoldMi-e: They are very rogues, but their Women are very honeft, and go 
wkh their f.-ces covered. There are no Trades there, but Weavers, Shoe- 
makers, Joyners, and.thelike. 
The iile of Tbermia is thirty fix miles in circuit, and fo called from Therma^ Tkrmk, 
which intheGieek fignifies Hot ; becaufe of the Springs of hot water that are 
in a Plain there near the Sea, from which the fick and indifpofed receive much 
relitf. Tne Town contains about three hundred Houfes, inhabited by about 
two thoufand Souls ; there are fifteen Greek Churches in it, and a Greek 
Bilhop, who refides fix morths of the year at Zia-, and the other fix at Thermia. 
Heretofore there was a Latin Bifhop there, but he having gone out of the Ifland, 
the Alhmians ufurpcd all, there being no Inventory nor other Writing to be 
found. There is nothing remarkable in it, but the afore-mentioned Baths, 
though there be a Caflle there, and a pretty big Village, called Adcfi. This ^'^4-. 
Ifland is almofl: all a Plain, has few Trees, and yet it is fruitful and abundant in 
all things. The Inhabitants are honeft people, and trade in Stuffs, Thre^ad, 
and other Commodities, raifing thereby Money to pay their Tribute. Turkifii 
Money paifes not there, but only the Coyn of Venice^ fo as in feveral other fuch 
îfles,except Naxia-,Andro^^x\& Sc^r^jwhere Turkilh Money goes. The Women of 
Thermia, are vertuous, handfome, and wear a neat drefs. The People live 
pretty well there, and a Cady commands, with four Procurators chofen among 
theXitizens of the Town. 
Ajora is a little Ifle, eighteen miles £:bout ^ it depends on the lûe of Scyra, Ajou, 
whofe Inhabitants keep fome Shepherds there to look after their Sheep. There 
are four Churches in it, where Divine-Service is performed but once a year, 
to wit, at Eafiey , and then the Shepherds Communicate. Ic is not at all 
cultivated, becaufe the Corfairs carry off the Oxen, and fometimes the Sheep 
alfo. 
The Ifle of Scyra^ which in the vulgar Greek fignifies Slo^nora^ or Miftrefs, is Si^m ' 
fo caHed, becaufe by its height it commands all the other Ifles, being almofl in 
the middle of them: It is thirty fix miles in circuit, a dry Soyl, bears few 
Trees, and neverthelefs abounds in all things, having plenty of Provifions, 
Flefh, Filh, and Venifon. The Water they ufc, is brought from a Spring a 
little wide of the Town, and is very good. They have no Villages of any con- 
fequence, only fome fcattering Houfes in the Countrey. The Inhabitans of 
this Ifle are much given to devotion, and chieiiy the Women, who are very 
filly. There is much hatred and envy always among them, which arifes from 
the opprefllon they daily fuffer from the Turks, and their common poverty. 
They are alraoft all Latins, and have feveral Churches, the Cathedral Handing 
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