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CHAPTER V.
SAMOS.
The island of Samos, notwithstanding its magnitude and importance, has been little visited by
modern travellers, and its geography is in consequence so little understood, that, in the year 1820,
a map of its ancient capital was engraved at Paris, which represented the Heraeum as situated
within the walls of the city; while the English charts published previously to the Dilettanti
mission were so faulty, that it was found impossible to correct them. The present survey of the
ancient Samos contains only that part of the island immediately connected with the ancient city
and the Heraeum. The rest of the island, except the eastern coast, yet remains unexplored; and
the inhabitants mentioned ruins in the interior which seem to be as yet unexamined. There are
eighteen towns or large villages, and about as many hamlets in the island, the population of which
may amount to about fifty thousand souls.
Samos lies between the parallels of latitude 37° 37' and 37° 56', and the longitude of the ancient
city is about 27° east from London. The length of the island from east to west is about twenty-
six miles. The town of Bathy or Vathi is situated at the extremity of a deep inlet, on the north-
eastern side of the island, and this affords a safe anchorage for the vessels which visit the place
annually for wine. A small mole, to protect the port from the north, would render it an excellent
station. Bathy seems at present the most populous place, though not considered the capital of the
SAMOS.
The island of Samos, notwithstanding its magnitude and importance, has been little visited by
modern travellers, and its geography is in consequence so little understood, that, in the year 1820,
a map of its ancient capital was engraved at Paris, which represented the Heraeum as situated
within the walls of the city; while the English charts published previously to the Dilettanti
mission were so faulty, that it was found impossible to correct them. The present survey of the
ancient Samos contains only that part of the island immediately connected with the ancient city
and the Heraeum. The rest of the island, except the eastern coast, yet remains unexplored; and
the inhabitants mentioned ruins in the interior which seem to be as yet unexamined. There are
eighteen towns or large villages, and about as many hamlets in the island, the population of which
may amount to about fifty thousand souls.
Samos lies between the parallels of latitude 37° 37' and 37° 56', and the longitude of the ancient
city is about 27° east from London. The length of the island from east to west is about twenty-
six miles. The town of Bathy or Vathi is situated at the extremity of a deep inlet, on the north-
eastern side of the island, and this affords a safe anchorage for the vessels which visit the place
annually for wine. A small mole, to protect the port from the north, would render it an excellent
station. Bathy seems at present the most populous place, though not considered the capital of the