ISLAND OF COS. 435 
of our trunks to his care, to be conveved to <^"^^p- 
•^ VI 11. 
Constantinople ; and taking with us as few neces- »— ' 
saries as possible, leaped into the midst of the 
crowd in the boat, at the moment in which it 
was leaving the ship. Fortunately, the sea was 
perfectly calm; for we soon found that with the 
smallest motion we should all go to the bottom, 
the water being already even wdth the boat's 
edge; and it required the utmost caution, in 
rowing her three miles from the ship to the 
shore, to prevent her filling ; so deeply was she 
laden. 
A Greek bishop had arrived in Stanchio since 
our last visit, to whom we were introduced. 
He began already to wish for the money which 
bis preferment had cost him; having gained 
nothing by the bargain, excepting a fine painted 
and gilded Jirman, from Constantinople, which no 
one respected. He intended, however, as he 
told us, to reimburse himself in his capacity of 
magistrate ; the bishops in the Isles acting as 
justices of the peace, in all disputes among the 
Greeks, and generally taking care to be well 
paid for their trouble. He accompanied us to 
the Governor; where, having obtained an audi- 
ence, we produced a letter from the Capudar. 
Pasha, enjoining all persons, as far as the 
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