322 GULPH OF GLAUCUS. 
^■vm' ^^'^^^^ modern state we have no information; the 
' .■ — ' one celebrated for the siege it sustained against 
Brutus, and the other for the enibelUshments 
bestowed upon it by Ptolemy Philadelphus. 
Turbulent Durin«? the time we remained in Macri Bay, 
State of the ^ "^ 
Country, the Aghas of the country were at war : marauding" 
parties, profiting by the general tumult, had 
set fire to several villages. It was therefore 
dangerous to venture far from the coast. In- 
deed, the sea-side was not without its dangers. 
Conduct of Captain Castle, venturing along the beach, in 
t!ie Natives 
upon the search of a convenient place to obtain a supply 
of fresh water, fell into the hands of a party of 
the natives, as wild and as ferocious in their 
appearance as any of the tribes of Caucasus. 
We found him surrounded by twenty-five armed 
men, who had taken his dirk from him, and who 
seemed very mischievously disposed. One of 
these fellows, a sturdy mountaineer, wore, by 
way of ornament, one of the buttons of a British 
naval-officers uniform. We could not learn 
how he obtained this : but as our interpreter 
was not with us, it was proposed that we 
should adopt a method resorted to by Captain 
Cook in such situations, and prevail upon some 
of these men, by signs, to accompany us on 
board. Four of them consented, among whom 
was the Chief. They followed us to the place 
