After leaving this place, we came to the narrow sea which is called the arm of St. George, which divides the two lands, Romania and Macedonia, through which we sailed to St. Phemius, having Greece to the right, and Macedonia to the left. The city of St. Phemius the bishop is on one side of the arm, in Macedonia, and another city, which is called Samthe, stands on the other side in Greece, so that two or three arbalist-shots would reach from one city to the other[101]. They are said to be the keys of Constantinople. Then we sailed by Callipolis, and Agios Georgios, and Paniados, and other notable castles of Macedonia, and came to the city of Rothostoca, after Michaelmas. We came next to the noble city of Raclea, whence, according to the Greeks, Helen was ravished by Paris Alexander[102]. FOOTNOTES: [57] July 13, 1102. [58] The modern Brindisi (_Brundusium_ of the ancients). [59] _Die Ægyptiaca, hora Ægyptiaca._ The superstitious belief in unlucky, or, as they were commonly termed, Egyptian days, was universally prevalent in the middle ages; and the days of the month believed to have this character, and on which it was unpropitious to begin or undertake any thing, are often marked in the early calendars and other manuscripts. [60] July 24. [61] See our Introduction. [62] M. D'Avezac conjectures this to be merely some _palæopolis_, or ancient site. No such name as Polipolis can be traced in the maps. [63] Aug. 9. [64] This appears to be the place formerly called Liva d'Osta, now corrupted into Livadostro. [65] Aug. 23. [66] The modern Spili. [67] Stancho, the ancient Cos; Hippocrates, and not Galen, was born there. [68] M. D'Avezac is probably right in his conjecture that the Lido of Sæwulf represents the ruins of Cnidus, near Cape Crio; and that Asus, which immediately follows, is the little island of Syme (Συμὴ), which lies off Cnidus. It is likely enough that the local pronunciation of Cnido may have been taken by the monkish traveller for something like Lido. No detailed legend of St. Titus is preserved. What is known of him will be found in the Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists, vol. i. p. 163. [69] This is a remarkable blunder, arising from a strange confusion of words and ideas. The Colossians were the inhabitants of Colossus, in Phrygia. The _Persians_ of Sæwulf were the Saracens, who captured Rhodes in A.D. 651. It had been taken by the Persians in 616. [70] Mogronissi, or Macronisi, is supposed by M. D'Avezac to be the island of Kakava, on the western point of which are still traced the ruins of a town and church. The Alexandria here alluded to is of course Alexandretta, or Iskenderoon. [71] This is evidently Khelidonia. [72] This term was then applied to all the eastern part of the Mediterranean. [73] Sunday, Oct. 12, 1102.