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PLAIN OF CH^RONEIA. 143
proceeded an hour and a half from Eleuta, we came to the banks of
the Cephissos; on the opposite side of which is a round insulated
hill. We forded the river to the right of a village named Koubo,
which stands at the foot of some hills. An elevation of the plain
here deprived us of the sight of Parnassos, which Ave had seen all
the way from the summit of Oeta. Having passed along the foot of
a range of hills, which project from the left, we traversed the narrow
part of the plain of Elateia, when our view opened upon the spacious
expanse which forms the plain of Chaeroneia, beyond which Daulis,
Panopeus, Chaeroneia, the mountains above Libadea, and the south-
ern side of Parnassos, with the eastern end of Kirphis, were distinctly
recognized. The chain of Mount Edylion, which rises from the river
Assos near the ruins of Orchomenos, was upon our left; and the whole
formed a prospect rich in variety of beauty, and in multiplicity
of historical recollections. "We crossed a bridge over a hasty
rivulet, near its junction with the Cephissos. We soon afterwards
found ourselves much impeded in the marshes, and with difficulty
crossed some fen-ditches. The soil was extremely rich, and the pas-
ture land of the finest quality. In three hours and forty minutes
from Elateia, we arrived at the village of Kapourna, the ancient
Chaeroneia, and were hospitably received in the same house in which
I had lodged some months before.
TO ORCHOMENOS.
On the 16th we proceeded to Orchomenos, taking the summer
road, which is the shortest; in thirty-seven minutes we came near a
tumulus, and the villages of Magoula and Deserby.
We stopped at the church of St. John, to take a view of this
memorable plain, in which the most conspicuous features were
the ruins of Chaeroneia, Panopeus, and Daulis, with the noble and
proceeded an hour and a half from Eleuta, we came to the banks of
the Cephissos; on the opposite side of which is a round insulated
hill. We forded the river to the right of a village named Koubo,
which stands at the foot of some hills. An elevation of the plain
here deprived us of the sight of Parnassos, which Ave had seen all
the way from the summit of Oeta. Having passed along the foot of
a range of hills, which project from the left, we traversed the narrow
part of the plain of Elateia, when our view opened upon the spacious
expanse which forms the plain of Chaeroneia, beyond which Daulis,
Panopeus, Chaeroneia, the mountains above Libadea, and the south-
ern side of Parnassos, with the eastern end of Kirphis, were distinctly
recognized. The chain of Mount Edylion, which rises from the river
Assos near the ruins of Orchomenos, was upon our left; and the whole
formed a prospect rich in variety of beauty, and in multiplicity
of historical recollections. "We crossed a bridge over a hasty
rivulet, near its junction with the Cephissos. We soon afterwards
found ourselves much impeded in the marshes, and with difficulty
crossed some fen-ditches. The soil was extremely rich, and the pas-
ture land of the finest quality. In three hours and forty minutes
from Elateia, we arrived at the village of Kapourna, the ancient
Chaeroneia, and were hospitably received in the same house in which
I had lodged some months before.
TO ORCHOMENOS.
On the 16th we proceeded to Orchomenos, taking the summer
road, which is the shortest; in thirty-seven minutes we came near a
tumulus, and the villages of Magoula and Deserby.
We stopped at the church of St. John, to take a view of this
memorable plain, in which the most conspicuous features were
the ruins of Chaeroneia, Panopeus, and Daulis, with the noble and