It Is A Very High Perpendicular
Rock Or Mountain Washed By The Sea, Which Has Eaten Into It In
Divers Places, So As To Form A Great Number Of Caverns.
It
extends about a couple of miles, and in some parts is indented
into little creeks or bays, where there is a narrow margin of
sandy beach between it and the water.
When the wind is high, no
feluca will attempt to pass it; even in a moderate breeze, the
waves dashing against the rocks and caverns, which echo with the
sound, make such an awful noise, and at the same time occasion
such a rough sea, as one cannot hear, and see, and feel, without
a secret horror.
On this side of the Cape, there is a beautiful strand cultivated
like a garden; the plantations extend to the very tops of the
hills, interspersed with villages, castles, churches, and villas.
Indeed the whole Riviera is ornamented in the same manner, except
in such places as admit of no building nor cultivation.
Having passed the Cape, we followed the winding of the coast,
into a small bay, and arrived at the town of Noli, where we
proposed to pass the night. You will be surprised that we did not
go ashore sooner, in order to take some refreshment; but the
truth is, we had a provision of ham, tongues, roasted pullets,
cheese, bread, wine, and fruit, in the feluca, where we every day
enjoyed a slight repast about one or two o'clock in the
afternoon.
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