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round the northern point of the island a long 
narrow open boat, like a dart, filled with mari- 
ners, believed by our sailors to be Hydriots, to y l0t * 
the number of thirty or forty, all plying their 
oars ; who presently landed, removed from the 
rocks some spars which they had previously 
left there, and, pushing out again to sea, disap- 
peared with the same surprising velocity with 
which they had arrived. We saw their little 
'bean-cod, as it were instantaneously, reduced 
to a speck upon the waves : and while we were 
admiring the dauntless intrepidity with which 
these men, in a bark that could be compared 
only to a long canoe, ventured to cross such a 
dangerous sea, our Captain arrived ; who said 
we might thank our good stars that they did 
not plunder our vessel of every thing she con- 
tained. He added, that there was not a part of 
the Archipelago which the Hydriots would not 
traverse in such a boat, venturing in all wea- 
ther, and braving the most tempestuous seas : 
and the only reason he could give for their not 
having attacked our caique was, that he believed 
they did not see it ; for it had not cleared the 
passage of the rocks before they left the har- 
bour. We remained in the Bay of Jura during 
the rest of this day, and the following night. 
The few inhabitants of this desolate spot, 
