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sang to them ; the rest, as a chorus, at intervals 
"joined with him 1 ? The Venetian sailors have 
a hymn which they sing exactly after the same 
manner, the crew being all upon deck at the 
time, and upon their knees 2 . It is, in fact, a 
very antient custom, and it is still common all 
over the Mediterranean. 
Lena. The next morning, October the ninth, we found 
ourselves to be opposite to the small Isle of 
Leria, bearing s.w. and by w. distant eight miles, 
the wind being tranquil, and the sea calm 3 . We 
(1) Ol Si A.M9-W, xtdartp ;> if 
Kara xeutti <ns ixiinv $u*n; l&am. Longus, ibid. 
(2) We have preserved the words of a Venetian Hymn, as we beard 
it sung every evening, wheu the weather permitted, in the Black Sea, 
on board the Venetian brig in which we sailed from Russia for Con- 
stantinople : 
" O santa Barbara, nostra avocata ! 
Che sei madre de la Maria, 
Questa nave, 1'artilleria, 
Sempre da voi lascia guardata ! 
CHOR. O Santa Barbara .' Sfe. 
" O santissimo Sacramento! 
Jesu Christo, nostro signore ! 
Qui die guarda tutti 1'hore! 
Qui che salva ogni momento ! 
CHOR. O Santissimo ! tfc." 
(3) "Lera is nine leagues N.W. and by w. from Stanchio." Prrry't 
View of the Ottoman Empire, p. 482. Lond. 1743. 
