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CHAPTER VI.

Voyage continued among the Rocks of Sclavonia,—
Pilot runs the Galley on to a Sandbank.—Alarm
on Board but no Damage done.—Island of Lissa.—
Trau. — Spalato. — Lesina. — Curzola. — Melita. —
Arrival at Ragusa.—Description of that City.—
The Cathedral.—The Patron Saint Blaise.—Fran¬
ciscan Convent and Church.—Dominican and
Benedictine houses.—Palace of the Governor.
—The Arsenal.—Water Supply of the City.—Forti¬
fications.—Productions.—The People and Customs.
—The Government.—Sermon Preached by Fra.
F. Trivulzio in the Cathedral.—The Galley leaves
Ragusa.

After navigating slowly, with only a little garhino,^ it
was found that—amongst those rocks of Sclavonia, which
are numberless and very arid and stony—we had gone
seventy miles from Zara up to the following Tuesday,
which was the 10th of June. Then the sea—or one might
rather say among those rocks, the canal, because it did not
appear to me wider than the River Po in Lombardy—
settled into a calm.

On Tuesday, at the third hour of the day, the scirocco ^
rose again, and drove the galley backwards. All the sails
were hauled down, and the anchors had to be cast, to the
great perturbation of the captain, who wished as much as
the pilgrims did to continue the voyage. Thus we
remained until Wednesday morning.

1.    The south-west wind—otherwise called Libeccio or Africano.

2.    The south-east wind.