ISLAND OF PATMOS. 75 
This day, Tuesday, October the thirteenth, we 
observed, in a small garden near this harbour, 
a Karob-tree (Ceratonia Siliqud) in bloom. A 
few shrubs grew among the rocks, but we could 
procure no specimens of plants worth collecting 
for our herbary. The island abounds in goats, Animals. 
rabbits, and partridges. In the evening, we 
amused ourselves in fishing, and caught some 
red mullets. The harbour appeared as literally 
swarming with the most beautiful fishes, of all 
colours. We perceived some that were green, 
others that were blue, and again others that 
were striped. Our sailors taught us to use 
small shell-fish for our baits ; and as we lowered 
these to the bottom, the water being as clear as 
crystal, the fish, tempted from their haunts 
among the marine plants that covered the rocks, 
were seen distinctly whenever they took the 
snare. The Greeks are very expert fishermen, 
and our sailors caught many more than we 
could do; they had also a curious method of 
luring the fish out of the spiral shells which we 
found here, by a continued and gentle tapping 
printed at Venice, which states that the island is metalliferous. " La 
qunle innttlti, e montuoia, tt di rene di metalli copiosa." Vid. 7'urco- 
Grtucia, lib. iv. p. 302. Basil, siue anno. 
