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130 GALAXIDI.
omissions of all kinds : indeed this is pretty generally the case
throughout the whole of Greece.
The gulph widens considerably after passing the promontories
of Rhion and Antirrhion, and still more between Petronitza and
Bostitza.1
We entered the gulph of Salbna, and observed on the Locrian side
a large port called Anemo-Kabi; and further on the small island and
chapel of St. Demetrius, beyond which are other insular rocks, called
Apothia, Agios Joannes, and Panagia, with chapels on each. Fur-
ther on is the harbour oflnachi. We passed close to a low insu-
lated rock, and arrived at Galaxidi at the close of the day, the dis-
tance from Patra being thirty-six miles. We hired a cottage, and
my Greek servant, named Christo-Doulos, whom I had taken at Me-
saloggion, collected a few dry sticks, and cooked us a frugal sup-
per. We had provided ourselves with small travelling beds in Italy :
we spread them out on the bare earth, and passed the night in
perfect security.
I rose at day-break, impatient to view our situation. The first ob-
ject which struck me (and I shall never forget it) was Mount Par-
nassos, towering above the clouds and covered with snow. The
Pheedriades rocks were visible, and the great fissure near the Kas-
talian spring; the town of Krisso was also seen, with its plain
and the rocky mount Kirphis. Parnassos from this place forms
an exceedingly grand object; its outline however is not much
varied or broken, but is composed of several round and undulating-
masses.
Galaxidi is supposed to be the ancient Euanthia,2 which Polybius3
places in iEtolia, opposite iEgira.
The only remains consist in some foundations, and a long wall
with three courses of large stones, well preserved, and built in the
1 It is called Bwrir^B by Joan. Cantacuzene Hist. b. 2. c. 37. p- 321. Paris edit.
• Or Oianthe, Oiantheia, Euanthis, or Oeanthe. a B. 4. c. 67.
omissions of all kinds : indeed this is pretty generally the case
throughout the whole of Greece.
The gulph widens considerably after passing the promontories
of Rhion and Antirrhion, and still more between Petronitza and
Bostitza.1
We entered the gulph of Salbna, and observed on the Locrian side
a large port called Anemo-Kabi; and further on the small island and
chapel of St. Demetrius, beyond which are other insular rocks, called
Apothia, Agios Joannes, and Panagia, with chapels on each. Fur-
ther on is the harbour oflnachi. We passed close to a low insu-
lated rock, and arrived at Galaxidi at the close of the day, the dis-
tance from Patra being thirty-six miles. We hired a cottage, and
my Greek servant, named Christo-Doulos, whom I had taken at Me-
saloggion, collected a few dry sticks, and cooked us a frugal sup-
per. We had provided ourselves with small travelling beds in Italy :
we spread them out on the bare earth, and passed the night in
perfect security.
I rose at day-break, impatient to view our situation. The first ob-
ject which struck me (and I shall never forget it) was Mount Par-
nassos, towering above the clouds and covered with snow. The
Pheedriades rocks were visible, and the great fissure near the Kas-
talian spring; the town of Krisso was also seen, with its plain
and the rocky mount Kirphis. Parnassos from this place forms
an exceedingly grand object; its outline however is not much
varied or broken, but is composed of several round and undulating-
masses.
Galaxidi is supposed to be the ancient Euanthia,2 which Polybius3
places in iEtolia, opposite iEgira.
The only remains consist in some foundations, and a long wall
with three courses of large stones, well preserved, and built in the
1 It is called Bwrir^B by Joan. Cantacuzene Hist. b. 2. c. 37. p- 321. Paris edit.
• Or Oianthe, Oiantheia, Euanthis, or Oeanthe. a B. 4. c. 67.