FROM SYRIA TO EGYPT. 25 
merit, and, thereby, to the memory of its chap. 
author, < — ^ — ' 
Our voyage from udcre was as prosperous as Voyage to 
Egyjit. 
the former one had been from Egypt. The se- 
renity of the Mediterranean, at this season of the 
year, is surprismg'ly contrasted with the tre- 
mendous storms which prevail during the vernal 
and autumnal equinoxes. We steered for Egypt 
with every sail extended ; but were impelled by 
such gentle breezes, that the motion of the 
frigate was scarcely perceptible. On the twenty- 
first of July, at seven o'clock p, m. we were 
\mder weigh, and about ten came to anchor off 
Cape Carm.el. The next morning, at four a. m. 
we made sail again, and continued our progress 
all that day and the following night, without any 
occurrence' worth notice. On the morning of 
July the twenty-fourth, at seven a.m. the Island 
of Cyprus was visible, bearing n. n. w. distant 
ten or eleven leagues. At five a.m. of the fol- 
lowing morning, the same island was still in 
view, and nearly at the same distance, bearing 
3c. and by e. 
July the twenty-sixth, at seven p. m. we hailed 
tlie Thld-e frigate. This day, being Sunday, we 
accompanied Captain Culverkouse to the gun- 
