. although Nature, as we have seen, had provided exceptional facilities in the chains of islands which gave both shelter and guidance to the early mariner. Old Hesiod knows the rules for seafaring, but is not very enthusiastic about it as a profession. It is too chancy and the risk is too great. His advice, however, to the young adventurer, who refuses to be warned off, is perfectly sound ; his rules as to seasons hold good to-day, and could be illustrated from the weekly statis- tics of the movements of sailing vessels, which it was lately my duty to collect and send to Mudros. There are two
. although Nature, as we have seen, had provided exceptional facilities in the chains of islands which gave both shelter and guidance to the early mariner. Old Hesiod knows the rules for seafaring, but is not very enthusiastic about it as a profession. It is too chancy and the risk is too great. His advice, however, to the young adventurer, who refuses to be warned off, is perfectly sound ; his rules as to seasons hold good to-day, and could be illustrated from the weekly statis- tics of the movements of sailing vessels, which it was lately my duty to collect and send to Mudros. There are two seasons when sailing is possible. In the sum- mer there is nothing to fear except squalls, and the prevailing wind is northerly. For the Etesian winds not only cool the torrid heat, but provide a steady trade-wind, and Plato has described how with their advent come the merchants " flying over sea in spring-
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