40 ISLAND OF PATMOS. 
CHAP. en d of the tenth century, when he retired to 
>, . , ' Patmos, to avoid the persecution of the Turks 1 . 
St. Christodulus had been Abbot ofLatros, a day and 
a half's journey from Ephesus, where he presided 
over twenty convents 2 . We were received by 
the Superior and by the Bursar of the Monas- 
tery, in the Refectory. Having made known 
the cause of our coming, we presented to them 
our circular letter from the Capudan Pasha: 
this, being written in Turkish, was interpreted 
by Mr. Riley. After a short consultation, they 
acquiesced in the proposal made for the French. 
officers ; and agreed to receive the whole of the 
baggage at the quay, within their walls ; also a 
single officer to superintend the care of it, until 
a vessel should arrive from Constantinople, or 
from Smyrna, for its removal. This business 
being settled, we asked permission to see the 
LIBRARY, which was readily granted; and 
while the French Commissary went into the 
town to hire some mules, the two Caloyers, by 
whom we had been received, conducted us 
thither. 
Library. w e entered a small oblong chamber, having 
(1) Dapper. Duscr. des Isles de YArchipel. p. 181. AmsL 1703. 
(2) Ibid. 
