And so through the night, the breeze freshening before the rising sun to die away in the first hot morning hours, just as you are abreast of Camerota.

L'Infresco Point is ahead, not three miles away.

It is of no use to row, for the breeze will come up before long and save you the trouble.

But the sea is white and motionless.

Far in the offing a Sicilian schooner and a couple of clumsy "martinganes"-- there is no proper English name for the craft--are lying becalmed, with hanging sails.