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 for thee men ometimes to act in the capacity of thoe who throw javelins.

Thence we ailed, at firt only with the breezes which blow early in the morning from the mouths of the rivers, uing however oars at the ame time. Thee breezes were indeed cool, as Homer exprees himelf, but not ufficiently trong for us, who wihed for a quick voyage. A calm oon followed, when we were reduced to depend upon our oars only. Soon after a cloud uddenly ariing burt nearly in an eaterly direction from us, and brought on a violent torm of wind, which was entirely contrary to the coure that we held, and from the fatal effects of which we had a narrow ecape. For it almot intantly produced uch a well of the ea, as to make it appear hollow to the view, and caued a deluge of water to break not only over that part of the hip where the benches of the rowers were placed, but alo over the part which is between them and the poop. Our ituation was then truly tragical, ince as fat as we pumped out the water, o fat did it burt in upon us. The well of the ea did not however bear upon the ide of our veel; and from this circumtance we were enabled, although with great trouble and difficulty, to make ue of our oars, and, after much ditresful uffering, to arrive at Athenæ. For there is upon the Euxine ea a place o called, where there is a temple in the Grecian tyle, from which circumtance the place eems to have derived its name. There is a ruined catle at this place, and a port, which in the ummer eaon cannot indeed contain many hips, but is ufficient to afford them a helter from the South wind, and even from the South-Eat. Ships that put in there might