276 RHODES. 
CHAP, not be discerned: many of these are of the 
VII. -^ 
V, ..y „i remotest antiquity ; and all of them are calcu- 
lated to throw light upon the passages in 
antient history. 
After losing sight of the Ruins of Cnidus, we 
sailed in view of Syme ' and of Rhodes ; an emi- 
nence, called the Table Mountain, first appearing 
upon the latter, and seeming itself to be insular, 
as if it were separated from the rest of the 
island. Towards the south, midway between 
the islands of Crete and Rhodes, we saw the 
Carpathian Carpathian Isles; a surprising distance for the 
Ides, 
eye to roam, considering the distinct prospect 
we had of the largest, which is now called 
Scarpanto. We were wafted by favourable 
breezes during the whole night ; and the next 
morning we entered the old port of Rhodes, 
between the two piers, on which it has been 
fancifully asserted, by some modern writers, 
the feet of the celebrated Colossus formerly 
rested ^ The mouth of this harbour is £"> 
choked with ruins, that small vessels alone are 
able to enter; and even our little bark was 
aground before she came to her anchor. 
(1) " Media inter Uhodum Gnidumquc Syme." Plin, Hist. Nat. 
lib.M. c.Sl. L. Bat. 1635. 
(2) It is somewhat remarkable, that this circumstance, which is neither 
mentioned by Strabo nor by Pliny, both of whom described the statue, 
continues to be erroneously propagated. 
