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ISLAND OF PATMOS. 
At half-past eight A. M. we made the Island 
of PATMos 1 ; and afterwards passing between 
Leria and Lepsia, SAMOS appeared most beau- 
tifully in view, covered by a silvery mist, 
softening every object, but concealing none, 
Lepsia is now called Lipso. At eleven o'clock 
A. M. we entered the port of La Scala*, in 
Arrival at PATMOS. We were surprised by meeting 
several boats filled with French soldiers, fishing. 
In order to prevent our caique from being fired 
at, as a pirate vessel (which she much re- 
sembled, and probably had been), we had 
hoisted an English flag given to us by Captain 
Clarke, and recommended for our use in the 
Archipelago. The Frenchmen, seeing this proud 
distinction upon our humble skiff, called out, 
by way of taunt, " Fbila un lean venez-y voir ! 
Le Pavilion Anglois ! Tremblez, Messieurs ! " 
They were much too numerous to venture a 
reply, if we had been so disposed ; and as soon 
as we landed, we found the quay covered with 
French privates, among whom were some of the 
(1) "Patmos is six leaf ties from Lera, N.w. by N." Perry's fi*iete 
of the Levant, p. 483. Land. 1743. 
(2) Dapper says it received the name of La Scala from the quay 
which has been constructed here ; but it may have been so called from 
the steep ascent to the monastery, which begins at the landing-place of 
this harbour. 
