CHAPTER II.

Island of Hyperia.--Where St. Paul was Wrecked.--An Historical Bay.--Rock-Cut Tombs.--Curious and Unique Antiquities.--Sovereignty of the Knights of St. John.--An Anomalous Brotherhood.--Sailor-Monks.--Ancient Galleys.--A Famous Barbary Corsair.--Antique Norwegian Vessel.--Navy of the Knights.--Barbaric Warfare.--About the Maltese Nobility. --Romantic History.--"Arabian Nights."--Valletta the Beautiful. 21