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although there be twenty fathoms of water 
within a cable’s length of the island, and any 1 — 
vessel may sail close to it. The Russians relate, 
that four persons, belonging to the crew of a 
ship wrecked there, no sooner landed than 
they encountered a worse enemy than the sea, 
and were all devoured bv serpents. Ammianus Account. 
. . . of it by 
Marcellinus 2 records a similar superstition as Amient 
prevailing in Ins time, concerning the dangers 
of the place. After a description so remarkable 
and so recent as that of Arrian, who wrote 
about the second century, there is great reason 
to believe some interesting remains of antiquity 
might be here discovered. This secluded spot 
escaped the ravages to which almost every other 
portion of classical territory has been exposed ; 
neither is it known that any traveller ever 
ventured to the island. Antiently it had 
various appellations ; among these, the most 
received was that ol Leuce, or ‘ 'll ie While 
Island.' It was so called in consequence of the 
white appearance caused by the swarm of sea- 
fowl, covering it in certain seasons of the year, 
and thereby rendering it more visible. The 
author has seen similar sights among the 
(2) Ammian. Marcel, lib. xxii. c. 8.—“ Aiunt enim non tine tliscr inline 
vita illic quenquam pernartare." 
