Chap. I. /(? Levant. 833 
vince called Sittia ; the head City had the fame Name, 
Handing in a Bay at the North Eaft Part of the Ifland 
on the Weft Side, extending from the North to the Bot- 
tom of the Bay Southerly, above a Mile in Length. 
The Caftle flood on a rifmg Ground to the North Weft 
of the Town, built of a coarfe Marble Stone. The 
Venetians finding the Place was not tenable, caufed fe- 
deral Mines to be made, by which they deftroy’d the 
Caftle and Town, and fo went to Candia. By the Ruins 
it may be feen, the Builders had no Thoughts fo foon 
CO have left them. Moft of the Walls are entire, and 
forae have lower Rooms with Beams, which are patch’d 
up, and ferve for Store- houfes to put Corn in, when 
any Ship comes to lade. In the Year 1680, I was here, 
and loaded a Settee of Provence^ Capt. Steppe Bremen^ 
who belonged to Cajfts, ajpout ten Miles from Marfeilles. 
The Wheat was the Bafha’s own, which he fold at 
three Timins a Killoe, (i. e. about d. the Bulhel.) 
The who came with me from Candia, was an 
ordinary Servant •, but as we travelled the Road, and 
when we came hither, he would domineer at a ftrange 
Rate. Here are no Inhabitants nearer than twelve 
Miles, at a fmall Village called Jlona, faving at a fmall 
Houfe and Chapel, which is a Metoiki, (or Chapel of 
Eafe to a Monaftery up in the Mountainsj about a 
Quarter of a Mile from the Sea : Amongft others, the 
Greek Priefts brought their Tenths to the lurks : They 
all defire to have a Seaman to meafure their Corn, ra 
ther than the Turks ; for they will ftir the Corn about 
with their Hands, and prefs it down : But the Mailer 
was content to take it with a juft Meafure, and favour’d 
the poor Greeks what he could. 
At jilona refides the Bafha’s Lieutenant, who has one 
hundred Spahi’s to guard the Coaft from Privateers, 
but more to gather in the Tenths. The Greeks main- 
tain them at their own Charge, To the Eaftward of 
Sittia, on a Point of Land, is a Monaftery dedicated to 
St. IJidore, to which belongs a great Revenue ; it main- 
tains about forty Calojeros. There are feveral rich 
L.amps, and other Ornaments of Silver and Gold. Here 
they fhew you the Piflure of the Blefled Virgin, which, 
they fay, was brought by Angels from Stancoi, and was 
found in a Cave of that Mountain. They have Lands 
on the liland of Rhodes, where they have a Metoiki 
and feveral Calojeroes to gather in the Crops of Corn, 
Oil, and Wine ; the Turks allowing them to enjoy it, 
calling it Vacofa, or PoifclTions for God’s Ufe •, yet they 
will receive their Tenths from it. The Gomina or' 
Overfeer of this Monaftery had made his Efcape, ta- 
king with him above two thoufand Pieces of Eight in 
ready Money and Plate *, but being purfued, he was 
taken at Scarpante, an Ifland lying in the mid Way 
between Candia and. Rhodes, and by the Bafha’s Order 
put to Death. 
To the South of Ahna, about ten Miles, is a very 
high Mountain, called by the Turks, Bajha Bogg ; from 
it may be feen the Sea to Eaft, Weft, North and South. 
Here are the Ruins of a Caftle, called formerly Barozza, 
becaufe it was built by a Gentleman of that Name : It 
is fquare, about fixty Foot high, with a Tarazzo and 
Battlements on the Top ; each fquare is about forty 
Foot. The Wall is very thick, the Door about ten 
Foot from the Ground, having a dry Ditch about it. 
Of thefe there are feveral about the Ifland, like the old 
built Caftles that are ftill in Ireland : For formerly the 
Candiots ufed to war amongft themfelves ; but now all 
fuch Quarrels are ended by their Subjection to a com- 
mon Mafter. 
The City of Girapetra is in the South Part of the 
Ifland, having no feciire Port, but an open Road, where 
Veffels in the Summer Time may lie with Security from 
the Weather, but not from Privateers, for while I was 
there, they carried away a Sailce which came from A- 
lexandria. The Town is walled round, and hath a 
fmall Caftle, which lies higher than the Town. Here is 
conftantly a Garrifon of two hundred Janizaries, be- 
fides there are feveral Turks who are Merchants, fo that 
in all they can raife five hundred fighting Men. There 
is about it a very fine Plain full of Olive-trees, and fome 
very pleafant Gardens. Their Houfes are well built of 
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good Stone, the Rooms very lofty, but few Houfes 
above two Stories high. In the Year 1675, one Mon- 
fieur Crevellier, a famous Privateer, landed five hundred 
Men in the Bay of Spina Longa ; travelling in the Night, 
he came next Morning, juft at the Dawning of the 
Day, and found the Turks at their Sabhah Namas, or Mor- 
ning Prayer, fo he made himfelf Mafter of the Town, 
carrying away two hundred Slaves, nailing up the 
Guns which were in the Caftle. The Turks who were 
at the South Part of the Town, betook themfelves to 
fome fmall Veffels, for they had not the Heart to return 
home to fetch their Arms. Monfieur Crevellier, to re- 
treat with this great Prize, refolved to kill what Horfes 
he found, fecuring twenty for himfelf and Officers to 
ride on and form the Rear. 
This Enterprize was effected in lefs than fix Houns 
after they entered the Town, for they did not make any 
Stay to ranfack the Houfes. After they were departed, 
about three hundred Men, Turks and Greeks, were got 
together, and marched a Mile or two out of Town, 
and had not Crevellier \u\\q6. the Horfes, he could never 
have got out of the Ifland. It is very ftrange, that fo 
many Men could come with that Secrecy as not to be 
difcovered, and that the Hearts of thofe Turks fliould be 
fo funk. Immediately they difpatched Expreffes to the 
City of Candia, writing to the Bafha, that about fifteen 
hundred Chrijlians had landed, and carried away two 
hundred Prifoners, moft of them Men of the Garrifon. 
The Bafha asked the Meffenger, if the reft of the In- 
habitants were afleep, or dead No, fays the Meffen- 
ger, but their Hearts were, being all furprized, fome 
in their Mofques, and fome in the Coffee-houfes, and 
not a Man that had his Senfes ; moft of the Florfes alfo 
being killed. The Bafha asked him, how he efcaped 
He anfwered him, that he had the Wit to hide himfelf, 
as a great many others did. There were three Gallies in 
the Mole of Candia, under the Command of one Bobba 
Hajfan, who were fent to look after Crevellier, but to 
no Purpofe, for they returned without feeing him. 
Since this there is an Order, that the Gates fhall be 
fhut an Hour before Sun-fee, and not opened till an 
Flour after Morning Prayers ; and now there are feveral 
Guards on the Mountains ; befides, the Bafha of Can- 
dia has threatened the ‘ Providitore at Spina Longa to 
complain to Venice, if he fuffer any Privateers to come 
into that Bay ; fo as for fome Years they have attempt- 
ed nothing. The Country towards the South is not fo 
mountainous as in the North and North- Weft Parts ; 
having feveral large and pleafant Plains, which have 
many Ruins of fine Towns. To the Eaft of Girapetra, 
about ten Miles, I went to fee a Cave under the Moun- 
tain of Iro, as they now call it, where, they fay. Sc. 
Paul preached. It is a large Chapel, having twelve 
Pillars, all cut out of the Rock by the Chriftians in the 
Night-time. Some fay, but without Grounds, it was 
finifhed in lefs than a Month. Clofe by is a Fountain, 
where, they fay, he ufed to baptize*, and it is now called 
St. PauPs Fountain ; the Water thereof is very good to 
cure fuch as have fore Eyes. From Girapetra to Boni- 
facia is 14 Hours Riding, moft in Plains, very delight" 
fome, there being very high Mountains to the North, 
with moft pleafant Valleys between, and Abundance of 
Cyprefs Trees. Bonifacia ftands on a rifmg Ground, ha- 
ving only the Wails of a Caftle. 
The Inhabitants are moft of them Greeks, very poor ; 
here is a Metropolitan who pretends to be next to the 
Archbifhop of Candia, There are two Italian Churches, 
the Doors of which are now made up with Walls to 
keep Cattle from going in. ThtGreeks have four fmall 
Churches, but one would contain more than all the Inha- 
bitants. They have now new-nam’d the Place, calling 
it, Malafacia, inftead of Bonifacio (good Face) it being 
fo much alter’d from what it was in former Time. From 
Bonifacio to the Labyrinth is about ten Miles, or three 
Hours riding. Weft, moft a Plain. Several Men have 
feveral Opinions, about this Building (if I may call it 
fo.) But one Signior Venetando, who was born in a neigh- 
bouring Village, gives this Account, that a certain 
King of this Ifland had fo great a Hatred for all Wo- 
men, that he order’d this Place for his Court, and at 
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