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Wary old Corsair did not appear to relish the CHAP. 
toast; and had probably, by this time, both 
heard and seen quite enough of Gallic emanci- 
pation. 
We remained near a week at Patmos. The 
next day we revisited the Monastery, and 
were again admitted to the Library. We found 
it would be impossible to purchase any other 
Manuscripts than those for which we had sti- 
pulated; for upon this, and every subsequent 
occasion, some of the inhabitants of the town 
thought proper to accompany us into the Con- 
vent. The Superior took occasion to assure 
us, that both he and the Bursar were willing 
enough to part with the ^s/^oyf a( P a ; but that if 
it were known to have brought them any gain, 
the people of Patmos, acting as spies for the 
Capudan Pasha, would make it the cause of a 
very heavy imposition upon the Monastery. 
We could not procure a Catalogue, either of 
the Manuscripts or of the printed books'. 
(l) The Marquis of Sligo afterwards visited Palmos, and obtained 
the Catalogue alluded to in a preceding Note : it is written in modern 
Greek, and contains a List of all the Books in the Patmos Library. 
This Catalogue his Lordship kindly presented to the author. Nothing 
is said in it as to the editions of the different authors, nor a syllable 
concerning the age of the Manuscripts : the reader is however re. 
ferred to it, for more detailed information concerning the latter ; and 
to the Dissertation by Mr. /falpole, in the beginning of this Volume. 
