i 8 TRAVELS TO THE EAST, 
fortunes were all over. We had the wind con- 
ftantly a-head, which obliged us to beat up be- 
tween two fhores; this is dangerous in a narrow chan- 
nel. By failing too near the land, at day break, 
we run aground. A Greek and a ' urk, who were 
fifliing on the fliore, came immediately on board, 
and offered us their affiffance in procuring frnall 
veffelsto lighten ours; but a land breeze filled our 
fails and help’d us off. At noon, we anchored without 
the Caftle of Smyrna, Which commands the en- 
trance, when Meilieurs Palm and Hebbe, our Swe- 
dilh merchants, came on board. We went into the 
harbour, and were fainted, according to cullom, 
by the guns of all the veffels, except the French, 
Who never honour any nation with a falute, nor re- 
ceive it from them. 
We went on ihore in the afternoon with the 
Captain, and were, by our conful Mr. Rydelius, re- 
ceived with a politenefs to be expected from a 
gentleman of his noble qualifications. 
The 29th, I waited 011 Mr. Peyfonel, the French 
Conful, and member of the Academy ofinferi ptions 
and belles lettres. TO his great knowledge I 
am indebted for the following obfervation relating 
to natural hi (lory. Corals have in our age been e- 
fteemed a proper fubjeft for the pens of the greatell 
haturalifts. Nature hath fo contrived this part of 
her works, that Corals have had a contrary lot 
from other naturalia, and have been claffcd 
under the different kingdoms of nature. And 
it is yet uncertain, to which they properly be- 
long. In Mr. Peyfonel’s company, the learned 
Count Marfigli had the good fortune to overcome 
all the doubts he had entertained about thefe na- 
turalia, when in his invaluable HiftoriaMaris he laid 
before the world what he took to be the flowers of 
the 
