Gell, William: The itinerary of Greece: With a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an account of the monuments of antiquity at present existing in that country (London, 1810)

TEGEA BY STENO TO NAUPLIA. 81

khan. This valley in all probability was the territory of the town of
Hysise. On the opposite side, ascend by a very steep and zigzag
causeway to a summit, after which there is a descent into the vale of
Tripolizza. The whole time employed in this route is nine hours 15
minutes.

It is possible to perform this journey in less than five hours, with a
very good horse, notwithstanding the hills, but this is not effected
without some risk. By trotting, when the road lies in a plain, about
one hour and thirty minutes may be saved.

TEGEA BY STENO TO NAUPLIA.

From the village called Peali on the site of Tegea, there is another
road passing along the plain of Tripolizza to the village of Steno. The
road described in the last route turns off to the right through an open-
ing in the hills.

Steno is about one hour and 30 minutes from Peali. It is called
Steno, from its situation in a very narrow pass between two high
rocks. From Steno pass the mountains by a descent called the Scala
tou Bey, or the Bey's Causeway, from the Turk who constructed the
road. The scenery is very bold and picturesque. At the bottom of
the Scala is a torrent running to the gulph of Nauplia. On the opposite
side of a glen observe ruins apparently those of a temple, and termed

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