94 ISLAND OF NAXOS. 
grinding-stones ofNaxos': and, in a preceding 
part of his work, he speaks of Naocium as used 
in polishing marble and gems*. The shepherds 
told us that wild honey is found in great abun- 
dance in this island : the children set out in 
parties to collect it, as in the other islands of 
the Archipelago. From the rocks above Panormo 
Creek, we had a fine view of the great cluster 
of islands lying towards the south-east. 
On Saturday, October the seventeenth, at 
sun-rise, we got under weigh, with a light 
breeze from the north-west, and steered for the 
jvorian south of the boccaze, or strait, between this 
Eoccaze. 
island and Paros. In passing up the channel, 
we were obliged to use our oars; but by ten 
o'clock A. M. we came to anchor in the port, 
close to the town of Naxos, having nearly com- 
pleted the tour of the whole island. We found 
only a few boats in the harbour. The Greek 
sailors still preserve the custom, mentioned by 
Homer, of hauling their vessels on the shore, 
(1) " Eadem sola nobilium limam sentit : esters Naxiis cotibus 
poliuntur." Plin. Hitt. Nat. lib. xxxvii. c. 8. torn. III. p. 542. L. Bat. 
1653. 
(2) " Signis marmore poliendis, gemmisque etiam scalpendis 
atque limancfis Naxium diu placuit ante alia." Ibid. Kb. xxxvi. c. 7. 
torn. III. p. 478. 
