The voyage and shipwreck of St. Paul, with dissertations on the life and writings of St. Luke, and the ships and navigation of the ancients (1880)
Smith, James, 1782-1867, Smith, Walter Edward, ed · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 330
t 8 feet above it),in the inside of the point ;and if the land has sunksince ancient times, thenthe island and point must have formed one. The healthofficer told me that, though the harbour is open to the east,yet the easterly gales never blow home, being h/^ed by thehigh land behind, and that even… … 262 APPENDIX NO. I. took the island in 1688, I think) as many as twenty ortwenty-five war galleys had found shelter in its waters. Hefurther showed us an inscription on a large slab which hesays was found among some ruins on the point, and tookus up the hill to see the traces of the site of the…
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