GULPH OF GLAUCUS. 291 
with reo:ard to the tombs and the theatres of the chap 
VIII. 
Antients. v— .^—.^ 
We had no sooner entered the mouth of the 
Gulph, than we encountered the tremendous 
swell our pilot had taught us to expect. At 
one moment, a gust, as of a hurricane, laid our 
vessel upon her beam-ends; at another, the 
sails were shaking, as in a calm, and the ship 
pitching in all directions. In this situation 
night came on. Our Captain, wishing himself 
well out at sea, was cursing his folly for ven- 
turing into such a birth ; dryly observing, that 
" if we did not look sharp, we should be smo- 
thered before morning." Land around us, on 
every side, increased our apprehensions ; but 
patience and labour at last brought us quietly 
to anchor on the eastern side of one of the six 
isles in the entrance to this bay, behind which 
vessels lie most commodiously that visit the 
place for the purpose of watering. During the 
Egyptian Expedition, ships came hither to 
obtain wood and water for the fleet ; but their 
crews being attacked by the natives of the 
coast, who are a very savage race of moun- 
taineers, it was usual to send to Cyprus for 
those supplies. 
\Vhen daylight appeared, we observed a 
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