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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.

admiral of the fleet , the princes that assisted in the enterpnze were embarked in her . The other objects of the expedition not equally interesting to the muse , were left unsung . It cannot be doubted , ' however , that the Greeks at-a very early period were well acquainted with the nations bordering on the Pains Meotides . Of this fact , the colonies which they planted there , not to mention the fable of EhigeniaPlades and Orestesare an

p , y , indubitable proof . Theodosia , for instance , an ancient colony of the Milesians , deserted in the time of Adrian , afterwards re-established , long possessed under the name of Cafa by the Genoese , who under the Greek emperors carried on there a great trade , and at present in the hands of the Turks . Tanais , founded by the Greeks , on the Cimmerian Bosphorus , a most commercial city , known at the and

present by the name of Asaf , formerly possessed by Genoese , at present by the Turks . Oibia , and Boristhenes , Greek cities , both on the banks of the Borysthenes , near its mouth . Panticapium , also Capi Phanagoria , and Hermonassa , situated on the Bosphorus , are ail Greek Colonies . From the time of the Argonatttic expedition , the Greeks seem to have paid a more uarticular attention to the sea . About

thirtyfive years after , the } ' assembled against Troy a fleet of 1200 vessels . The construction of these vessels was undoubtedly extremely rude . Their workmen had no other guide than a blind practice . Their vessels had but one mast , which in port they laid along the board , and this mast was traversed by one yard only ; but whether the yard carried one sail or many , it is difficult to determine : these sails were made of long leaved shrubsof skinsor of mats * . It

, , would appear , however , that the sails of the Greeks were generallymade of cotton f . Their cables were likewise formed of various articles . Cables 6 f jonc , or marine osier , seem in heroic ages to have had the preference among , the Greeks , which they brought from Egypt , where that plant grows in great abundance % . Homer does not ' tell us whether they had any preparations to fortify their

cordage against the injuries of the weather-. The } r also , like the Phoenicians , had two several constructions of ships ; the first were extremely broad , and large bellied § ; the second , on the contrary , were very long and sharp . But whatever may have been the form of their vessels , they were certainly not very considerable in size . The largest , mentioned by Homer , are those of the Beotians , which held , he says , an hundred and twenty

men . With regard to their manner of conducting them , every thing tends to prove the ignorance of the Greeks at that period in the art of navigation . They sailed as much as possible in sight of land ;

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LONDON: Article 1
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: OR, GENERAL and COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 2
A GENERAL CHARGE TO MASONRY. Article 7
A CHARGE Article 11
ON FASHION. Article 18
ANECDOTE OF PHILIP I. KING OF SPAIN. Article 20
COMMENTS ON STERNE. Article 21
THE ANTIQUITY OF DRINKING HEALTHS. Article 28
ANECDOTES OF DR. GOLDSMITH. Article 31
CHARACTER OF SIR ANTHONY BROWN. Article 38
ANECDOTES OF DR. JOHNSON, &c. Article 39
PRIVATE ANECDOTES OF ILLUSTRIOUS FRENCH CHARACTERS. Article 46
HOPE. Article 53
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JAMES HESELTINE, ESQ. G. T. Article 56
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, Article 58
THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE MOST ANTIENT AND HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN. In GRAND LODGE assembled. Article 58
OF MAN's HAPPINESS. Article 59
A TALE. Article 60
ON THE STUDY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. Article 64
THE CRUELTY OF A FATHER. Article 65
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 69
THE CHOICE OF ABDALA: Article 74
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 79
POETRY. Article 82
TO ARNO. Article 83
STANZAS Article 84
PROLOGUE TO THE WORLD IN A VILLAGE. Article 85
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. Article 86
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 88
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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.

admiral of the fleet , the princes that assisted in the enterpnze were embarked in her . The other objects of the expedition not equally interesting to the muse , were left unsung . It cannot be doubted , ' however , that the Greeks at-a very early period were well acquainted with the nations bordering on the Pains Meotides . Of this fact , the colonies which they planted there , not to mention the fable of EhigeniaPlades and Orestesare an

p , y , indubitable proof . Theodosia , for instance , an ancient colony of the Milesians , deserted in the time of Adrian , afterwards re-established , long possessed under the name of Cafa by the Genoese , who under the Greek emperors carried on there a great trade , and at present in the hands of the Turks . Tanais , founded by the Greeks , on the Cimmerian Bosphorus , a most commercial city , known at the and

present by the name of Asaf , formerly possessed by Genoese , at present by the Turks . Oibia , and Boristhenes , Greek cities , both on the banks of the Borysthenes , near its mouth . Panticapium , also Capi Phanagoria , and Hermonassa , situated on the Bosphorus , are ail Greek Colonies . From the time of the Argonatttic expedition , the Greeks seem to have paid a more uarticular attention to the sea . About

thirtyfive years after , the } ' assembled against Troy a fleet of 1200 vessels . The construction of these vessels was undoubtedly extremely rude . Their workmen had no other guide than a blind practice . Their vessels had but one mast , which in port they laid along the board , and this mast was traversed by one yard only ; but whether the yard carried one sail or many , it is difficult to determine : these sails were made of long leaved shrubsof skinsor of mats * . It

, , would appear , however , that the sails of the Greeks were generallymade of cotton f . Their cables were likewise formed of various articles . Cables 6 f jonc , or marine osier , seem in heroic ages to have had the preference among , the Greeks , which they brought from Egypt , where that plant grows in great abundance % . Homer does not ' tell us whether they had any preparations to fortify their

cordage against the injuries of the weather-. The } r also , like the Phoenicians , had two several constructions of ships ; the first were extremely broad , and large bellied § ; the second , on the contrary , were very long and sharp . But whatever may have been the form of their vessels , they were certainly not very considerable in size . The largest , mentioned by Homer , are those of the Beotians , which held , he says , an hundred and twenty

men . With regard to their manner of conducting them , every thing tends to prove the ignorance of the Greeks at that period in the art of navigation . They sailed as much as possible in sight of land ;

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