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VIEW FROM THE RUINS OF PHRIXA.
plain, connected by a narrow inlet with the plain of Phrixa; this
plain is bounded by the Arcadian mountains, and animated by the
sinuous current of the Alpheios. The nearer hills are covered with
forests; and the distant mountains appeared well wooded, but the
winter season had thrown over them a sombre and melancholy
shade.
The next morning, as we were mounting our horses to quit the
village, the Turk ordered a goat to be killed for our use. The long-
bearded animal was accordingly dragged out by the horns, and the
knife was already raised, when we interceded for its life, alleging
the difficulty of taking it with us, and of profiting by the hospitable
donation.
TO BRINA.
We quitted Palaio Phanari on the 28th, and crossed a small
stream, and went through some beautifully tortuous vales, in a state
of variegated cultivation, and bounded by hills covered with the
waving pine. There was something so peculiarly beautiful in this
country that it appeared a region of enchantment, as if we had
reached in our long progress the
Locos lretos, et amaena vireta
Fortiinatorum nemorum, sedesque beatas.'
We proceeded in a direction nearly south-west, and after crossing
some rivulets, came in three hours from Palaio Phanari to a spot
• Virgil ZEneid, 4. v. 63S.
VIEW FROM THE RUINS OF PHRIXA.
plain, connected by a narrow inlet with the plain of Phrixa; this
plain is bounded by the Arcadian mountains, and animated by the
sinuous current of the Alpheios. The nearer hills are covered with
forests; and the distant mountains appeared well wooded, but the
winter season had thrown over them a sombre and melancholy
shade.
The next morning, as we were mounting our horses to quit the
village, the Turk ordered a goat to be killed for our use. The long-
bearded animal was accordingly dragged out by the horns, and the
knife was already raised, when we interceded for its life, alleging
the difficulty of taking it with us, and of profiting by the hospitable
donation.
TO BRINA.
We quitted Palaio Phanari on the 28th, and crossed a small
stream, and went through some beautifully tortuous vales, in a state
of variegated cultivation, and bounded by hills covered with the
waving pine. There was something so peculiarly beautiful in this
country that it appeared a region of enchantment, as if we had
reached in our long progress the
Locos lretos, et amaena vireta
Fortiinatorum nemorum, sedesque beatas.'
We proceeded in a direction nearly south-west, and after crossing
some rivulets, came in three hours from Palaio Phanari to a spot
• Virgil ZEneid, 4. v. 63S.