liüWcfréè arid twenty five from the Ifthmùs. Dyïrie, a
city without a port, the lait o f Âchàla to the weit, was fixty
ftadik' of feVen m ills 'anâ ï ' kalf from me cape, Olèriûs, a
deferted city, was forty fladia or five miles from Dyme, and
eighty ftadia from Pafræ.
W e anchored fooh after daÿ-brëàk in the bay o f Çhiarehza,
which is frequented by fmall-craft from Zantë and the pIjg&B
affiacenC chiefly for paffengers and prövifibns. On the beach
Was a low cart, the only one we had feeri fince wefeft Sigeum,
the form and wheels .antique, drawn by two . hprfes abreaft.
The buildings are a cuftom-houfeand a 'fèw fhëds or magazines.
Ç yVlene flood on a rough tongue of . land pa the fouth fide
of thé'bàÿ, an hundred and twenty îtadxa or fifteen miles from
EliW It was a middling village, and ppflfefied two or three
temples. In one was an ivory- ftatue of Æfcuîapins, wonfierful
fb"behold. Thé' fite undet the Venetians ^was-occupied by
Ohiarehza, ’ a Hburifliing tQwri, . Sultan MoraJ if». laid
Wafth the hÿofea! as far as t^iV place,. and çarrie| ofTfixty thqu-
fand people. Some maffes p f wall arid ojher .veftig^s remain.
The p p fr is choked u p .C y lle n e which, gave. i^ vnam5;Kto
Mercury' was* a very high 'mountain in ^rc^i^jÇplebrated for
Eis ‘téïhplê. Zante is oppqfite to the région o f Élis,
W e were informed here o f a place called Palæopolis, which
we agreed to vïfîti hhping tp^ find^ruins of the city pfiElis.
jÊtarfes, and men to attend thecp on foot, .with an aggiatis or
guiTe ïo' darfourii were procured without difficulty. | We dined
at a Greeh mpna^êry> half an lipur fioifi ^ho^fbore, and then
proceeded: through a pla^n. On pur right hand was a. town
named" Ciemohtzi or Clemouzzh beyond which on ahilLdif-
tip&îy yifible from- Zapte,-quid about fix miles from the fhare,
is a fortrefs commonly palled Ccffie-^arnefe,The .Venetians
under I&orofini appeared before it in 1687, after their victory at
Patræ, and it Surrendered. A harrow - occurred on our left,
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