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9^j^^' of Asia Minor, even to the Triopian Promon- 
^ ' V — ' tori/, or Cape Crio, together with the islands of 
Rhodes, Si/me, Sicklia, Telo, and even Scarpanto, 
lying at the distance of thirty leagues in the 
Carpathian Sea'. 
During this day, we were employed in cross- 
ing the mouth of the Gulph of Glaucus, 
Continuing our voyage towards the north-west, 
we found ourselves becalmed near the entrance 
Bay of of tlic Bai/ of Mar mora, antiently that of Per.ea, 
the memorable rendezvous of our fleet, previous 
to the Egyptian Expedition. The magnificent 
harbour it affords has been described by other 
writers ; but as it remained so long unknown, 
and may always prove an important place of re- 
fuge for vessels in these stormy seas, the author 
again availed himself of the tranquil situation of 
the ship to sketch the appearance of the coast, 
and to note the bearing of the land when the 
view was made^ It will shew the mountainous 
(1) " Rhodiorum insula", Corpathu!;, qus mari Domen dcdit." Plin. 
Hist. Na,'. lib. V. c. 31. tnm. I. p. 280. L. Bat. 1635. 
(2) A short extract from Colonel Squire's MS. Correspondence will 
afford the reader a description of this bay ; and the curious circum- 
stance of the " myrtle fascines," prepared for the attack in Egypt, 
will not pass without observation. It is taken from a Letter to the 
Rev, E. Squire, dated Marmorice Bay, Jan. 21, 1801." 
" Our present situation is as charming and picturesque as can well 
be imagined : the bay is completely landlocked, and, from within, 
appears 
