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trees. This chosen spot was for many years chap. 
the residence of an Englishman of the name of <■ ^ - 
Baimbridge, who had searched all Europe for a 
healthy place in which to end bis days ; and, 
although his arm was fractured at the advanced 
age of seventy-four, he lived in Scio until he 
was ninety-three. The captain of our vessel 
well remembered him, when he was himself 
only the mate of a merchantman, and his 
master's ship was laid up during a twelvemonth 
in the island. He pointed out the house where 
he lived, and the tree beneath which he was 
buried ; and spoke of his own residence in Scio 
as the happiest remembrance of his life. Indeed, 
the praises of this favoured island are universal 
in the country, and its dehghts constitute the 
burden of many a tale, and many a song, 
among the Modern Greeks^: its produce is 
(l) Egmont and Heyman published, perhaps, the best account of this 
island, not even excepting that of Tournefort ; and to their Travels 
the Reader may be referred for further statistical information. To 
repeat what has already been so fully communicated, would hardly be 
deemed justifiable. We are indebted to their work for the following 
eulogy of Chios, as taken from the writings of the celebrated Neapolitan 
poet, Parthenius. 
" Et me grata Chios, cum Nereus obstrepit undis 
Accipiat ; noto facundos littore amicos 
Invisam ; O, qui me ventus felicibus oris 
Sistat, et ingenti Telluris protegat arcu : 
Ingenium me mite soli, me collis aprici 
Prospectus, dulcesque cavis in vallibus umbrsp, 
Ac 
