The voyagers landed at the fourth hour (10 A.M.) and the dance went on until noon, when the three companies sang together the lxvii., the lxx., and the cxvi.  Psalms, adding again, ’the God of gods will appear in Zion.’  At 3 P.M. they sang likewise Psalms cxxx., cxxxiii., and what is called in the Septuagint the cxlvii., viz., the last nine verses of that so called in the A.V.  At even they sang the lxv., the civ., the cxiii., and then the whole 15 songs of degrees, during which they sat.  When this was done, a bright cloud overshadowed the island, a cloud so bright that it blinded the sight of the voyagers, but they could still hear the sacred song going on without ceasing until midnight (vigilie matutinae) when they heard sung Psalms cxlviii., cxlix., and cl., and then what are called ’12 Psalms according to the Psalter, up to “The fool hath said in his heart,"’—­an apparent reference to the present Roman Breviary arrangement by which the xth is united (as in the Septuagint) with the ixth, and the vth transferred out of its order.  As day broke, the cloud passed away from over the island and the companies sang Psalms li., xc., and lxiii., and at 9 A.M. xlvii., liv., and cxvi.  From what this peculiar arrangement of the Psalms is taken, I do not know.  It is not that of the Monastic Breviary, nor of the Roman, nor of the Greek Church, nor is it that of the Mozarabic, at least at present, but from its excessive irregularity, in which it resembles the Mozarabic, I guess that it may belong to some Ephesine rite, as introduced by Patrick into Ireland, and that it is here set down at length because it was becoming obsolete in the days of the writer.  Then they went to Communion.  After this, two of the company of young men brought a basket full of the purple fruit, and put it into the ship, saying, ’Take ye of the fruit of the strong men’s isle, and give us our brother and depart in peace.’  Then Brendan called the brother to him and said, ’Kiss thy brethren, and go with them that call thee.  I tell thee, brother, that in a good hour did thy mother conceive thee, who hast earned to dwell with such a congregation.’  So they bade him farewell with tears, and when he came to the companies, they sang, ’Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity,’ and then the Te Deum, and the voyagers set out again upon their way.

The voyage now continues with two or three comparatively trivial adventures.  For twelve days they lived upon the juice of the scaltae, after which they fasted for three days.  Then a bird brought them a branch of an unknown tree, bearing a bunch of bright red grapes, whereon they lived for four days, and then fasted for three more.  On the last of these they sighted the island where grew the grapes.  It was thickly wooded, with trees bending under the weight of the fruit, filled with all manner of good vegetation, and exhaling an odour like that of an house full of pomegranates (mala punica).  Here they landed, pitched the tent, and stayed for forty days.