ISLAND OF PATMOS. 65 
a century ago, a better map of Patmos than can CHAP. 
be found in any other work 1 . Such is often the 
inaccuracy of Dapper, notwithstanding the in- 
dustry shewn in his compilation relative to the 
islands of the Archipelago, that he describes the 
harbour of La Scala as on the western side of the 
island, opposite to the Isle of Nazes*; perhaps 
confounding it with Tourneforts Port de Merica. 
PATMOS has many ports; and from this cause 
it is so much infested by pirates, who resort to 
the port of La Scala to careen their vessels, and 
for fresh water. During the last war main- 
tained by the Venetians against Candia, La Scala 
was the wintering-place of their fleet: there are 
many ruined buildings near the quay. The 
most contradictory accounts have been pub- 
lished of the island; some describing it as the 
most barren rock of the Archipelago 3 , and others 
(1) See the Vignette to this Chapter, taken from the edition of 
Lyon, 1717, torn. If. p. 140; aud engraved with little addition. 
(2) " Le meilleur port de cette lie et tout Yslrcldpel est au devant 
de la ville de Patino, du c6te" tToccident, vis-a-vis de 1'lle de Naxos. 
II est generalemeut connu parmi les niariniers sous le nom de La 
Scala." (Description dcs Isles de I'Archipel. p. 179. Amst. 1703.) To 
such mistakes a compiler may be liable ; but when he undertakes to 
explain the legends upon Greek medals, the reader is little prepared for 
an interpretation like the following. " KOINONKTIIPIflN, 
c'est a dire, Conon d<is Cyprlens. Ce Conon eloit apparemment le fonda- 
teur du temple" ! ! '. Ibid. p. 523. 
(3) Tournefort, torn. II. p. 142. Lyon, 1717. 
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