TO SMYRNA; 
a village at the entrance, which without doubt 
hath one of the higheft fituations, and raoft exten- 
five horizons of any in the univerfc. We came to 
an anchor in full twenty fathom water. The depth 
of the water in this harbour, makes it of much more 
confequence in bad weather. 
The i <5th, in the forenoon, we rowed a fhore, 
ana went up to the town of Milo. I was glad to 
find fome plants in blofTom at this time of the year, 
though autumn had already taken hold of the 
greater part, and of thofe the withered remains were 
only now to be feen. The firft I faw was the au- 
tumnal Dandelion, which grows in Sweden, and 
flowers about the fame time. The Anemone Coro- 
naria was in full blolfom, fome of which were white, 
others blue. Nerium (Oleander) flood in two places 
in large bufhes befide the road, and adorned the 
place with its ftiff green leaves and long pods, but 
had not yet ripened feeds. A Fig-marigold, half a 
foot high (Mefembryanthemum Nodiflorum) grew 
in all the fields, with little obtufe and fucculent 
leaves, without flowers. In the wall, grew two 
fhrubs or bufhes four feet high ; one of them had 
little oval green leaves, without flowers (Rhamni 
Species) ; the other had hoary leaves, which I like- 
wife defcribed. The road was full of pebble Hones 
and clear quartz in fmall pieces, red and white fpar, 
befides fand-flone and hard lime-flone. On both 
udes, the walls round the gardens were built with a 
tough fand-flone, with which was mixt with fome 
coarfe light yellow clay in large pieces; this was in 
places turned quite red by the heat of the 
After walking near a mile from the fhore, we 
came into the town. The fight of it could not but 
excite the companion of the beholder, as nothing 
Was 
