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GULPH OF CORINTH. 129
Korax, rises to a considerable height. Livy1 mentions this as a very
lofty mountain, between Callipolis and Naupaktos ; Strabo2 says
that it joins Oeta. Near the sea we observed an extensive plain,
from which this place derives its principal support. It produces
rich harvests, and olives of an excellent quality.
Not far from hence is the low cape and river Pilala ; the port, vil-
lage, and monaster}-, called Kokmo : higher up towards Phocis are
two small but inhabited islands, both bearing the name of Trigonia;
in one of these is a custom-house established by the Pasha of Joanni-
na; they produce currants and grapes.
Opposite the Tregonias, is a monastery called Sergoula on the
continent, with a village and river of the same name; a short dis-
tance from it is the rocky islet of Psathonesi; producing a great
quantity of the k^uvQiov, or wormwood.
On the Locrian shore the villages of Bellanlko, and Xylo-Gaidar-a
were visible, with the port and village of Doubia, the points of Psa-
rometa,3 and Andromarchi, near which are some rocky islets, indis-
criminately called Praso-nesia, or Psatho-nesia; they produce a plant
called Praso, with a bulbous root. Not far from this is the small
island called Thithabi, abounding in wild pigeons. Dicaearchus4
mentions a great port, and the town of Tolophon beyond Naupaktos;
the town of Petronitza, or Betronitza, is conspicuously situated upon
a hill a few miles from the sea. Our Karaboucheri, who had been
all over the Locrian coast, assured me that several antiquities were
scattered about the country. The ancient towns of Potidamia,
CEnion, Erithrai, and Tolophon, were probably situated on this part
of the coast. Both sides of the gulph, particularly the Locrian, are
very incorrectly laid down in the maps, which are full of errors and
1 B. 36. c. 30. 2B. 10. p. 450.
3 This word seems to be a compound from ^aooc fish, and ^n; nose ; or perhaps from the
plant called Sahara, the osyris alba, which abounds on those rocks,
4 Stat. Grajc.
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Korax, rises to a considerable height. Livy1 mentions this as a very
lofty mountain, between Callipolis and Naupaktos ; Strabo2 says
that it joins Oeta. Near the sea we observed an extensive plain,
from which this place derives its principal support. It produces
rich harvests, and olives of an excellent quality.
Not far from hence is the low cape and river Pilala ; the port, vil-
lage, and monaster}-, called Kokmo : higher up towards Phocis are
two small but inhabited islands, both bearing the name of Trigonia;
in one of these is a custom-house established by the Pasha of Joanni-
na; they produce currants and grapes.
Opposite the Tregonias, is a monastery called Sergoula on the
continent, with a village and river of the same name; a short dis-
tance from it is the rocky islet of Psathonesi; producing a great
quantity of the k^uvQiov, or wormwood.
On the Locrian shore the villages of Bellanlko, and Xylo-Gaidar-a
were visible, with the port and village of Doubia, the points of Psa-
rometa,3 and Andromarchi, near which are some rocky islets, indis-
criminately called Praso-nesia, or Psatho-nesia; they produce a plant
called Praso, with a bulbous root. Not far from this is the small
island called Thithabi, abounding in wild pigeons. Dicaearchus4
mentions a great port, and the town of Tolophon beyond Naupaktos;
the town of Petronitza, or Betronitza, is conspicuously situated upon
a hill a few miles from the sea. Our Karaboucheri, who had been
all over the Locrian coast, assured me that several antiquities were
scattered about the country. The ancient towns of Potidamia,
CEnion, Erithrai, and Tolophon, were probably situated on this part
of the coast. Both sides of the gulph, particularly the Locrian, are
very incorrectly laid down in the maps, which are full of errors and
1 B. 36. c. 30. 2B. 10. p. 450.
3 This word seems to be a compound from ^aooc fish, and ^n; nose ; or perhaps from the
plant called Sahara, the osyris alba, which abounds on those rocks,
4 Stat. Grajc.
VOL. I.