ISLAND OF SYROS. 
The minerals of Syra are rather remarkable, 
considering the prevalence of limestone among 
the Grecian Isles. We found fragments of green 
steatites and schistus containing garnet. The mer- 
cury in Fahrenheit's thermometer stood at 75 
at noon, on the first day after our arrival, and at 
78 upon the second ; which is the average 
temperature of the city of Naples, during the 
summer months, situate above three degrees 
nearer to the pole : and as the climates both of 
Italy and Greece are very regular, this autumnal 
temperature in Siira is about commensurate to state of 
the Island. 
the difference of latitude. There is not a Turk to 
be found upon the island : its inhabitants are all 
Greeks; and as they profess the Catholic reli- 
gion, it might have afforded a comfortable 
asylum for many of those expatriated French- 
men who were driven by the calamities of their 
country all over the Levant; some of whom we had 
seen in places of residence less suited to their 
circumstances, and where they were exposed to 
inconveniences which they would not have 
encountered in this healthy and wealthy island. 
Saturday, October the tu-enty -fourth, a light Voyage to 
wind tempted us to weigh anchor at three A. M. 
intending to sail for CEOS, now called Z'ia. 
After we left.the port, we were becalmed : but 
