112 Travels into L e v a n t. Part !• 
often againft the Saiq^e that all the Headof it was broken, and the Saiqne was fo 
flippery that there was no holding on her; fo that at feveral times three Men 
fell into the Sea, but Ropes being quickly thrown ou-t to them, they were 
drawn up again : At length came day, but with it fo thick a Fog, that it was 
more than three Hours after before we could fee Land. We afterward difao- 
WQrcdChio, about ten a Clock in the Morning, and put into Harbour the fame 
day being Friday j the feventeenth of November , a little after Noon. Our 
Captain perceiving the Weather to be contrary to us, propofed to go and An- 
c ThMfi ^^^^ ^^^^ ^'^'^^'^ Nmva^ which the Turks call Coufchadafi, and I ear- 
oujc up. ^^^jy deilred it ; becaufe then I might have gone to Ephe/ns, which is but half 
a days Journey from it, but fome Chiots told him, that it was dangerous en- 
tring into the Port of Scala Nmva at that time. But indeed, I think it was 
that they had rather wait for fair Weather at home in their own Town, than 
in another place. So foon as I was come to Chio^ I failed not to fpesk lo our 
Vice-Conful of the Light I had feen in the Ifle of Samos^ and he told me all 
the fame that the reft did., and that lie himfelf with fome others, had gone 
in fearch thereof, but that as they drew nigh , they always loft fight 
of it. 
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C H A P. LXXL 
0^ Stanchio W Bodrou. 
E waited with great Impatience for fair Weather at Chio, neverthelels 
the South- Eaft Wind continued blowing till Tuefday ^ the Twenty 
eighth of November^ when with day a North- Wind arofe; we let not flip the 
occafion, for being got on Board, we put out the fame day about Four a Clock 
in the Afternoon, and Wednefday the Twenty ninth of November^ paft by Samos 
about Midnight. In the Morning the Wind abated a little, and neverthelefs, 
Sunchio, or about One of the Clock we arrived at Stanchio^ otherwife called JfoU Longciy 
Ifok Longa. Fourîcore and ten Miles from Samos^ and came to an Anchor to take in Frefti- 
Water. We who were Chriftians went not a Shoar , becaufe there were 
Eight hundred Sfahis lately arrived, to defend that Ifland againft the Vemtims ; 
and feeing thefe Blades play'd the Devil and all, putting their Horfes into 
the Churches of the Greeks-, they would certainly have abufed us, being then 
extreamly Exafperated againft all Franks. This Ifland , called heretofore 
Coos. Coos^ and named at prefent by the Turks Stanchio^ and by the Franki-, Lango^ 
Longo. or Ifola Longa, is Seventy Miles in Circuit, and is very Fruitful, efpecially in 
good Wine ; the Country feems to be pleafant enough, and upon the Port by 
the.Sea-lide there is a Caftle, that makes a pretty good fliew: The Town lies 
A Tree of an backwards, and feems to be no great matter ; there is a Tree there of a vaft 
extraordina- extent, and cafts a prodigious fliadow. It can eafily cover Two thoufand Men, 
ry extent, gnd the Branches of it are fupported by feveral Stone and Wooden Piflars, 
there being under it feveral Barbers Shops, Coflee-Houfes, and fuchlike places, 
with many Benches to lit on. This Tree is like a Sycamore, but that it bears a 
fruit like aChefnut, and fervesfor Tanning of Leather. There was in Anci- 
ent Times in this Ifland, a famous Temple of <iy£fculapiHs, and it is alfo Illuftri- 
Hippocmes. for having been the Native Country of Bippocrates, the Prince of Phyfi- 
A^eSes. ' tians ; and of ^pelles, the Prince of Painters. The Knights of Malta held 
this Ifland, when they were Mafters of Modes, and I was told, that there were 
ftill many of their Monuments there. Having taken in Water at Stanchio^ 
the fame day after Sun-fet, we fet Sail, with a North-wind that foon flackened. 
Next day being Thnrfday, the Thirtieth of November, betwixt Nine and Ten 
a Clock in the Morning, he that look'd out, made a Sail coming towards us 
from Rhodes 'j we thought it might be a Corfar of MMta, and Ihortly after, 
we 
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