"I JOHN... was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." -Rev. i. 9.

"We arrived at Patmos just as the sun threw a glory round the sacred island. It is very rocky, and perhaps the most barren spot in the Archipelago, being totally destitute of wood and herbage. Tradition points out St. John's hermitage, rock, and spring.

"The town is on an eminence, at a short distance from the point of landing, and contains a small population, in extreme poverty. In the middle is the convent of St. John, a kind of fortress."-See RAE WILSON'S Travels.

The inhabitants have a few trading vessels, and their chief subsistence is game and clotted cream. Rabbits, pigeons, partridges, and quails, are numerous.

EGEAN SEA.

"It is not possible for any power of language adequately to describe the appearance presented, at the rising or setting of the sun, in the Ægean Sea; nor pen nor pencil can pourtray the scenery. Let the reader

picture to his conception an evening sun, behind the towering cliffs of Patmos, gilding the battlements of the monastery of the Apocalypse with its parting rays; the consecrated island, surrounded by inexpressible brightness, seeming to float upon an abyss of fire, (Rev. xv. 2,) while the moon, in milder splendour, is rising full over the opposite expanse. Such a scene we actually witnessed, with feelings naturally excited by all the circumstances of local solemnity; for such, indeed, might have been the face of nature, when the inspiration of an apostle, kindling in its contemplation, uttered the alleluias of that mighty voice, telling of salvation, and glory, and honour, and power."-CLARKE's Travels.

"WE came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara : and finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth."-Acts xxi. 1, 2.

"And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone."-Acts xxvii. 7.

"We now saw before us Stanchio, the ancient Coos, and felt pleasure in gazing upon it, because St. Paul had once done the same. On reaching the harbour, the vessel made a short stay, giving us opportunity to get a sight of its chief town, which is beautifully situated in the midst of gardens. The buildings are all of white

stone, and the hills form a green acclivity behind. The physician Hippocrates gave this island its renown in ancient times."—Mission to the Jews.

'During all the next day and night we were sailing over the ، Sea of Pamphylia, in the track of the Apostle. We passed Patara, or Patras, about noon, but, on account of a slight mist, were unable to discern more than the mere outline of its rocky elevations. Further inland, but of course invisible to us, lay Lycia and Myra.

"We cast anchor in the harbour of Rhodes. We naturally made inquiries as to the precise spot in which stood the celebrated Colossus-one of the 'seven wonders of the world;' but were unable to get any certain information. Some recent travellers have supposed that the remains of buttresses yet standing at the entrance of the ancient harbour, are part of the foundations on which that wonderful statue stood. The space between them is about twenty-seven yards. The statue was of brass, and said to have been eighty yards in height, and to have spanned the mouth of the old harbour. It was erected by the Rhodians to celebrate their successful resistance of the tenth siege of Demetrius Poliorcetes, the son of Antigonus, emperor of Syria. Though set up in triumph, it was, in little more than half a century, thrown down by an earthquake. In the year 653 its fragments were transported from their site, on the backs of nine hundred camels.

"The first vessel seen in Greece arrived at Rhodes from Egypt.

"In the centre of the island is the Mount whose forests of pine supplied the Rhodian navy. Their laws were so good, that many commercial nations referred to the Rhodians the decision of their disputes in maritime matters. The climate is healthy, the soil fertile, and the orange and lemon trees are truly luxuriant. The country affords everything necessary for the inhabitants, and, in particular, an abundance of gums. The wines here were highly admired of old. There are to be seen the remains

of an old tree, the branches of which were at one time so extensive as to admit of fifty shops under it.

"Rhodes and its harbour form a striking and interesting picture. The main town itself runs down to the shore connected with the harbour, and is flanked by green hills and verdant gardens. . . About noon next day we sailed out of harbour, and made way but slowly, on account of a contrary wind, bearing towards Coos, which I hoped to glance at, and Patmos and Miletus also; but the night closed upon us too soon. In the morning I found we were sailing between Samos and Scio . . . Scio presents a beautiful aspect of fertility, in the plains, which reach down to the very edge of the sea. The pictorial effects of these islands of the Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, are very charming, as they gradually come (in sight)... But the entrance into the Gulf of Smyrna is one of the finest things in the world."-FISK's Pastor's Memorial, and RAE WILSON's Travels.

"After leaving the harbour of Rhodes, we found ourselves sailing close to the shore of Caria; the water apparently deep to the very edge, with steep rocks and hills lining the shore. Often it seemed as if we were sailing close under the base of some of our own Highland mountains, while the waves gently weltered round the base of the rocks. At a turn of the coast Cnidus was pointed out to us. A creek, running up a considerable way into the land, forms a complete harbour; but a ruined tower was all that we could discern of the ancient town.”—Mission to the Jews.

Cnidus was a town on a promontory of Caria, in Asia Minor, opposite Crete, now called Cape Crio. There was a famous white marble statue of Venus in the city, whose inhabitants worshipped that goddess. Extensive ruins still remain of the ancient city.