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CHAPTER IV.
Return to Athens—Villages of Nikali and Enebelere—Plain, town, and acropolis of Pharsalia—
Thaumakia—Magnificent view from it—Zetoun—The pass of Thermopylae, and passage
over Mount Oeta—Doris—Ruins of two cities—Lilrca, and sources of the Cephissos—Town
of Dadi, probably Ampikleia—Remains of two other cities—Belitza (Tithoraia)—Elateia—
Chseroneia—Orchomenos—Haliartos—Onchestos—Thebes—Euripos and Chalcis in Euboea
—Situation of Aulis—Plain of Delion—Milage of Boiati—Ruins of Oropos—Milage of Ma-
rathona—Plain of Marathon—Great tumulus—Cave of Pan—Monastery of Pentele—Arrival
at Athens.
TO ENEBELERE.
W E spent two days at the Vale of Tempe, passing the nights at
Ampelakia. "We made several drawings, and certainly no part of
Greece affords so much grandeur of line, or so many exquisite com-
binations of the sublime and picturesque. We were desirous of
proceeding through Macedon to see some celebrated places on the
Thermaic Gulf, and to visit Mount Athos and its aerial monasteries;
but our much dreaded enemy, the heat, was daily increasing, and
we thought it prudent to return towards Athens while the travelling
was yet practicable, and to repose during the hotter months. We
accordingly quitted Ampelakia on the 6th, and went to the left of
our former road, keeping the village of Baba on our right. Having
passed over the barren foot of Ossa, we crossed several small
streams which issue from it, and observed some verdant spots,
where the refreshing waters of the fountain sparkled beneath the
cooling shade of the platanus. Larissa appeared upon our right.
During the hottest part of the day we reposed at the village of
Nikali, from which we took a view of the Thessalian plain and
capital, and inspected the costumes of the peasantry, with their im-
Return to Athens—Villages of Nikali and Enebelere—Plain, town, and acropolis of Pharsalia—
Thaumakia—Magnificent view from it—Zetoun—The pass of Thermopylae, and passage
over Mount Oeta—Doris—Ruins of two cities—Lilrca, and sources of the Cephissos—Town
of Dadi, probably Ampikleia—Remains of two other cities—Belitza (Tithoraia)—Elateia—
Chseroneia—Orchomenos—Haliartos—Onchestos—Thebes—Euripos and Chalcis in Euboea
—Situation of Aulis—Plain of Delion—Milage of Boiati—Ruins of Oropos—Milage of Ma-
rathona—Plain of Marathon—Great tumulus—Cave of Pan—Monastery of Pentele—Arrival
at Athens.
TO ENEBELERE.
W E spent two days at the Vale of Tempe, passing the nights at
Ampelakia. "We made several drawings, and certainly no part of
Greece affords so much grandeur of line, or so many exquisite com-
binations of the sublime and picturesque. We were desirous of
proceeding through Macedon to see some celebrated places on the
Thermaic Gulf, and to visit Mount Athos and its aerial monasteries;
but our much dreaded enemy, the heat, was daily increasing, and
we thought it prudent to return towards Athens while the travelling
was yet practicable, and to repose during the hotter months. We
accordingly quitted Ampelakia on the 6th, and went to the left of
our former road, keeping the village of Baba on our right. Having
passed over the barren foot of Ossa, we crossed several small
streams which issue from it, and observed some verdant spots,
where the refreshing waters of the fountain sparkled beneath the
cooling shade of the platanus. Larissa appeared upon our right.
During the hottest part of the day we reposed at the village of
Nikali, from which we took a view of the Thessalian plain and
capital, and inspected the costumes of the peasantry, with their im-