T flW 246 b ^IS'S «ifc G R Ë Ê d i .
Tile now called and
fome traces of the buüdingsy frhm^Whicdi i t wä^ ro fiatnedi'
remain. The port is land-locked, and frequented by veffels for
corn. Some paces -up from the fea is a fönntäih.'füVt night
it ü ew hard, but we eouM get no flaeltCT fr^-The wind otf
fhoro.; r Our^carpets. and coverlets were fpread bn the pdop36 f
our bark, and the men lay on the deck. From that time we
began to be 'fickly j the gulf, with the coafts of the Morea,
being infamous for a bad air, efpeciälly at this feafon or toward
ajutunMiig1
: c i i a p. m m m
The mad to jlnécyiïïd
O N our arrival at Afprofpitia we difpatched men, to. Dyffpmo,
a village two hours diftant, to hire fuch bead’s"‘ ^S;the place
affofd§d,«iitO»j^r^fnSï to the jpaonaflery of S t Luke* aSfsTïo
Caftri or Dflphb T h e people were bufy at harveft, and' declined.,
fending any; hefofe the neia-mornings udien a, tS^in=ëjP
aljes. and mules camel early down to thefea^fdewith peafants to
guldp^pd attend them on foot. Our bark was ordered to. wait
in the port of Saloria. The captain, with two or three; failors*
accompanied us. -We beftrode our beads,, and foon after began
to afcend a lofty mountain by a deep road partly paved. We
gained the fummit, beyondj which is Dyftomo, where we re- ,
fjreftied at the houfe o f an Albanian, ,
ó ü f 'the monaftery o f sL " Luke, and
returned to Dyftomo in, the evening ; when we were told, that
airihöfi-iptiiSn rhad^been difCoVered in one of the cotfages. I
wSs plealèd ih ‘öJpynig ft» % candle-light, to find it J/mefved ’
th ï5idarhëTof tfiè^tföèht inhabitants. It is on a pédeftaËof
iot^gl¥ ifóhé^ f# h ich£h^ Hlippprted“ a' ftatue of thë ^riipe^of
Marcus
T R A V E L S i n G R E E CE. 247
l^rcus, Aurelius Commodus. Antoninus, decreed by the fenatei
and.cfefted by the city. of Amhtyffus» *«.
T he Athenians, and Thebans, reftored Ambryffus and St iris,,
with.olber cities of Phocis, ..which Philip had deflroyed. The
latter people, when the war diftinguifhed by the fatal battleof,
Chserojnea commenced, furrounded Ambryffus with a double
wall of the ftone. of the country, which was dark coloured
apd,exceedingly hard; each circle wanting a little of- an orgyia
qj;of fix feet.iniwidth, the fpace between them one orgyia, and
their height two and a half, when entire ; without battlements»-
towers, .and. theaccuftomed ornaments, as conftru&ed for immediate
defence. This fortification ranked, |n the fecond century,
apiqng themoft .noted for, ftrength and folidity. Many o f the-
ftatuesof ftone in. the market-place,, which .was not large, were
then broken. ^Remnants of the wall may ftill be feen’ without
t f e village, which is fituated, as the city was, under, mount
Parnaffus.
- Apm Ambryflus to- Antieyra isidefcfihedks at^firft
upuhiliisb^»» aft®1 rafeending about twp ftalia or%Quarter o f a
mile> the ground became level. . On the ;rights was a temple o f
Djana. with an image of .black ftone much reverenced by the
Ambry-flenfians. The way from thence was down a declivity.
C H A P . LXI.
Way from 4 ^ryM«Mt £/«^r— a
W E turned eaftward from Dyftomo, and in an hour apd a
half reached the monaftery of. St. Luke, bepeath whiph ip a
vSeyt !ii‘,the. fite of Stiris now called Palso-S-tiri, ! ThiSr city.,
was about fixty ftadia or feven miles and a half from
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