72 RETURN TO PATMOS. 
CHAP. was buried by Hercules 1 ; and this antient name 
y -y- .' it retains to the present day 8 . The Italians, but 
more especially the French, have introduced a 
number of appellations for the islands of the 
Archipelago, which do not exist among the Greeks : 
thus Icaria has been often called Naccari; Cos, 
Stanchio; and Crete almost always bears the 
name of Candia. Our Casiot mariners, in their 
common conversation, called these islands, seve>- 
rally, Icaria, Cos, and Crete; never using the 
words, Naccari, Stanchio, and Candia, 
After labouring for several hours, the wind 
began to come in squalls from the south-west, 
directly contrary to our course for Naxos; the 
sky at the same time lowering, with flashes of 
lightning, to windward; a never-failing indi- 
cation of violent gales in these seas. Our Cap- 
tain proposed that we should run for the first 
port on the western side of Pat?nos: to this we 
gladly consented ; and especially because he 
declared himself to be well acquainted with the 
entrance to a small harbour on that side of the 
Port of island. As the daylight began to appear, we 
found ourselves close under some very high 
(0 Pomp. Mela, ii. cap. 7. Plolcm.5. cap. 2. Strab. ubi supra. 
(2) Tournefort made the same observation : " Nicaria n'a pas 
chang<- de nom, elle s'appelle Icaria, tout comme autrefois." Vvy. 
du Lev. torn. II. p. 96. Lyon, 1717. ' 
