428 ALEXANDRIA TO COS. 
CTiAP. Qyici^ in the wandering- of Biblis \ It is true, 
^ v -' that a volcano might suit the story better ; and 
it is thus explained by Servius, with reference to 
a burning mountain in the neighbouring region 
of Carta ; the topographical history of the 
Chimcera being by some writers attributed to 
Caria, and by others to Lycia ; but the exist- 
ence of this volcano has not yet been ascer- 
tained : indeed, such is our ignorance of the 
whole coast of Asia Minor, from Cnidus to 
TARfiU?, including all the mariti-xie districts of 
Carta, Lycia, Pamphylia, and Ciltcia, that 
we have no account either of its ruins or its 
natural history ^ 
Eastern SaiUns: weslward the whole nio^ht and follow- 
Coast of ~ '-' 
Rhodes. j^g day, on the morning of October the Jirst, at 
sun-rise, we made the eastern coast of the 
Island of Rhodes, and put the ship's head to the 
north. During this day we had some pleasant 
sailing, within twenty miles of the shore : the 
atmosphere being exceedingly clear, we seemed 
to survey the whole island in one view, from 
its southern towards its northern extremity. 
(1) Quid. Metam. lib. ix. 
(2) In the number of English travellers now visiting the Eastern 
shores of the Mediterranean, it is to be hoped that soin^ one will be 
induced to explore these regions. 
