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and our stupid guide insisted upon it that it was CHAP. 
actually Patmos; calling it also 'Ay;av/<n, "Holy 
Island." 
South South- West. 
The open sea. Close to the eye, upon the 
coast of Attica, a large mountain, forming, on 
this side of Hymettus, a profound and magni- 
ficent valley with precipitous sides. 
South- West and by South. 
An island somewhat resembling Amorgos in 
its shape, but quite in a different situation, 
appearing beyond the south-eastern point of 
Hydra; perhaps Belo Poulo. 
South- West. 
ART ST ERA, now called Hydra; extending in a 
line from the south-east towards the north-west. 
South- Wevt and by West. 
The SCYLLJEAN PROMONTORY, and entrance 
to the GULPH OF ARGOS; a small island lying in 
the mouth of it: the whole territory of ARGOLIS 
being visible in this direction ; its mountainous 
ridges exhibiting vast irregular undulations, 
like the boiling of a troubled sea. 
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