328 GULPH OF GLAUCUS. ' 
graves of unknown persons appeared upon 
the shore ; containing, probably, the bodies of 
British seamen, who had fallen victims to the 
pestilential air oftheGulph, during their station 
here. We added to the number of the live 
animals found upon it, by losing four out of the 
fourteen sheep put on shore by our crew to 
graze, while we remained at anchor. Neither 
antient nor modern geographers have bestowed 
any name upon this island ; which is the more 
remarkable, as it aftbrds a very important land- 
mark for vessels entering the Gulph. Its lofty 
conical form, resembling those sepulchral mounds 
erected by antient nations as monuments of 
departed heroes, together with its situation, 
surrounded by vast monuments of the dead, 
have qualified it for a natural cenotaph. It may 
therefore bear the name of Abercrombie; 
whose immortal glory, unfading as the peren- 
nial foliage with which it is invested, will 
flourish to the end of time ; while the boasted 
renown of every howling soothsayer of Tel- 
MESsus is hushed in oblivion. 
