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urbanity of manners, which characterised the ancient 
Greeks. 
The town of Modon which is upon the sea coast of 
the continent, at half a league distance to the. N.N. W# 
may be seen from the island, as also a very little island, 
tolerably high, upon which I was told the Russians had 
established a battery of 24 pieces of cannon, with which 
they had battered the town during the last war; however 
it appears to me impossible that they could have ma- 
noeuvred 24 pieces upon so small a spot, although its 
situation is certainly good for this purpose. 
We remained at anchor, and the captain continued to 
drink freely. At length on the 7th of February in the 
morning we set sail with a slight westerly wind. A 
short time previous, I had told the captain to what point 
he ought to steer, to pass on the outside of the island of 
Candia, and to go direct to Alexandria; he promised to 
follow my instructions, but his intention was to run in- 
to the Archipelago, and to put into the port of Canea, 
or Candia. To this effect he changed his course during 
the night to the east, and in the morning I found myself 
off the islands of Cerigo and Candia, at the mouth of 
the Archipelago. I reproached him much for his con- 
duct, which would much lengthen our voyage; he ex- 
cused himself by saying that he could not act otherwise, 
and that there were no means to avoid entering the 
Archipelago. We were in this situation when we were 
overtaken by a perfect calm. 
The different capes in the Morea, the mountains cov- 
ered with snow, and the different islands, which are at 
the entrance of the Archipelago, formed a very interest r 
ing picture. All these islands, which are very lofty, 
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