the right, toward the fummits of Caftalia* which are divided by
deep precipices,. From this eminence, they had'a fine ptofpeft
p£ the golf of Corinth, and of the coaft ; mount Cirphis appearing
beneath them as a plain, bounded on'the. eaft by the bay of
Afprofpitia and on the weft by that of Salona. A few fhepherds
had huts there. They returned to the way, which they had
quitted, and crofted a hill" covered with pines, and (how. On
their left wa$ a lake», and beyond it a pike, exceedingly high,
white, with- fhqw. They : travelled to the foot of it through a
valley four d f five miles iii^compafs * and refted hy a p f it ifu l
fountain) called § DtofonIJp, thev ikeam boiling up, ^ fob# fo
diameter, and nearly as much above the furfoce of the ground*
It runs ipto. the lake, which is. about a quarter of a mile diftant
to, the* fduth-eaft. They did not difcover Cotycium;, or prooeed
farther ion^ bat keeping the. lake on their right, came «gpfo to
the brink, o f the mountain* anftdefcended. by a. Heap and dangerous
track to Racovi,, a village, four or five miles, eaft ward; from
Delphi'.
I t was the-opinion oF Wheler that no mountain, in Greeee
was higher than Parnalfos *, that i t was not inferior, to mount
Cenia among the Alps.!, and, that,, i f detached, it..wouldvb.e. foe»
at, a. ^ p t e r fifomqp tha^eyen.mount Athosu, Thu fonuaits,.ane
pdrpetuaJly > in&ie^^-'&ery new foil q£ foow. adding to, the
perennial heap,, while, the. fon. has.power only to thaw, the.fupen-
ficips., Caftalis^ Pleiftys,, and. innumerable .fpringi- ar.p4fed,.foma
mvifibly, from the lakes and refervoirs*, which», without thefe
drains and fubterraneous- vents would fwell, efoeciaHy aftec
heavy rain and the melting of fnow, fo as to fill the vallies apdf
rup over the-tops o f the. rocks, down, upon Delphi* fpreadino-
widp an.inundation,. fimilar* as. has been.furmifed*. to the-Deut
calionean, deluge.
W e pu-rpofod * to afceiid Parnaflns,. hoping to find the Chryr
ciah- dive, but before we had finished at Delphi, feveiriteeh "
Ai&Tmans^rivedJ Thefe b t& n p P tJ T g m M
which
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which patroled oh the roads. They were robtaft dirty favagee*
wearing their hair in final! plaits hanging down their ftioulders*
In the evening they roafted a iheep, and tht captain invited US
to partake* and, on omr making fome excufo, pfefonted us with
a portion of the meat. After eating in groups* they continued
their wild finging and dancing to a late hour. They flipt Oft
the ground, each with his arms by him* and föme much nearer
tp us than was agreeable. . Sultan Morat in 1447 forced many
of their nation to change their religion* and- converged the
churches of Albania into mofque$m; This fot were Mahometans,
defcended from Chriftian profdytes. They were reptefcnted to
us as drunken and quarrelfome* given to deteftable vices* and
as dangerous as the banditti, againft whom they were employed.
We difliked their company, and dropped our intended eXcnrfioA
in’ quefÉ o f the cave ; it appearing more prudent to depart fud-
denly for the port of Salona* in which* as a foilor informed us;
our bark was then at anchor.
C H A P . LXIX.
O f Cirrha— O f Amphijfa— The pert o f Delphi*--We leave Delphi
-—Embark.
D E L P H I was diftant fixty ftadia, or fevett miles and a half
from the fea, at Cirrfaa. This city was thé Criffa of Homef,
from which the Crifisean bay had its name. The port was
called ChalsEon, and frequented by veffels from Sicily and Italy.
T h e . people were enriched by the cuftoms, hut, befideS other
impieties, they impofed heavy taxes on the votaries of Apollo,
who arrived there j and encroached on his boundary. War was
declared and the oracle consulted by the deputies, when '•the
Pythiu. replied,,! that the fea muft walk the-domain of Apollo
before; the city* which was- befiegsd* could be taken. The
Cirrhaean