ISLE OF SAMOS. 69 
admiration and praise 2 . It is related in Athe- 
n&us, that the fruit and rose trees of the island 
bore twice a year 3 . Tournefort says, that Samos 
is infested with wolves; and that tigers some- 
times arrive from the main land, after crossing 
the little Boccaze 4 ; thereby confirming an obser- 
vation made by the author in the former 
section, with regard to the existence of tigers in 
Asia Minor. 
Passing across the great Boccaze, between 
Samos and Icaria, we were much struck by the 
extraordinary intensity of the deep blue colour 
of the sea; and this, which is as much a distin- 
guishing characteristic of the Archipelago as the 
brightness of its sky, has been noticed by no 
writer, excepting our enchanting bard, whose 
poems are now so deservedly the theme of 
general praise 5 . 
As evening drew on, we took the bearings of 
(2) "On fip'.i xec'i opiitai* yx.\o.; x.aStix'lf <xv *eu N.uxi$pt i$tt. Strabon* 
Geog. lib. xiv. p. 914. Ed. Of on. 
(3) Atlien. Dcipn. lib. xiv. 
(4) Voyage du Lev. torn. II. p. 112. I.yon, 1717- 
/5) " He that has sailed upon the dark blue sea, 
" Has viewed at times, I ween, a full fair sight." 
Byron's " Childe Harold" p. 69. Land. 1812. 
