32 ISLAND OF COS. 
CHAP, the Governor's chiaoux, in a small caique, manned 
i - T - ,, j by a single family of the Island of Casos, con- 
veS. sisting of four individuals ; viz. a young widower, 
his son, his brother, and a very old man his 
uncle. Antonio had found no vessel that would 
suit us in the port ofBudrun; and was returning 
in the open boat which conveyed him, when, 
coming from the harbour, he beheld the Casiot 
bark, coasting slowly eastward, and within hail. 
Having boarded this vessel, he found that it 
was empty, returning to Casos for want of a 
freight. He easily prevailed upon the poor 
Casiots to steer for Stanchio, in the hope of being 
hired by us, and we very gladly availed our- 
selves of the opportunity. The vessel was old, 
and the large triangular sails were tattered and 
rotten. It was, in fact, nothing more than an 
open boat ; a man of middle stature, standing 
in the hatchway with his feet in the hold, had 
at least the half of his body above the deck : it 
was impossible therefore to contrive any thing 
like a cabin, in which to stand upright ; but by 
the first it differs in the form of the umbel, which at once distin- 
guishes it : from the two last, the difference consists in the form of 
the leaves, the few rays which are found in the umbel, the simple 
sheath, and the large blossoms. 
VII. The Purple Orchis, (Orckit Hvro'ica, note}. See Vol. III. 
Chap- V. p. 145. Octavo edition. 
