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4 might indeed be afe from the North-Eat wind, but not from the North, nor from that wind, which is called in Pontus, Thracias, but in Greece, Sciron. During the night there came on a violent torm of thunder and lightning; nor did the wind continue in the ame quarter, but came about to the South, and oon after from the South to the South-Wet, which rendered the bay, or road, in which we lay, no longer a afe tation. Therefore, before the ea had begun to rage violently, we drew up into the harbour of Athenæ as many of our hips as it would contain, excepting one trireme, which having found a convenient helter under cover of a rock, rode there in afety. We thought proper alo to end everal of our veels to the neighbouring hores to be drawn aground; which ucceeded o well, that they all ecaped afe, excepting one, which entering the bay expoed its ide improperly to the wind, and the well of the ea drove it ahore, where it was wrecked. Every thing on board however was aved, not the ails only, and the nautical intruments, but the bolts alo, and the men. We alo craped off the wax, which is as neceary an article in hip-building as any, timber excepted; of which lat material there is, as You know, a great quantity in the countries that border upon this ea. The torm continued two days, and necearily detained us during that time. It would indeed have indicated a want of repect to have paed by Athenaæ, even the one of that name on the Pontic ea, as if it were ome deerted and nameles port.

Setting ail thence early in the morning, we attempted to make our way with the waves, or well of the ea, bearing upon the ide of our hip; but as the day advanced, the North-Eat wind blowing gently calmed the ea, and rendered it altogether mooth and tranquil. Before noon we reached Aparus, having ailed more than