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)

122 TRCEZEN TO HERMIONE.

Near this stream is an ancient tower of good masonry, now sur-
mounted by a modern ruin. Observe near it a very fine specimen of
the Carob tree. The brook is about 13 minutes distant from the vil-
lage of Damala. In the way pass a beautiful orange garden on the
left. The houses of Damala have flat roofs, like those in the islands
of the Archipelago, and some of them are not uncomfortable
dwellings. The air is reputed unwholesome, and the Bishop does
not reside there. There is an extensive view from the citadel over the
plain, the Limne, or salt lake, near the gulph of Methana, the promon-
tory or peninsula of Methana, the port of Troezen called Pogon, and
the islands of Calaurea and Poros with its town, iEgina St. Giorgio
and the distant mountains of Attica. At Damala, and perhaps in the
other parts of this country, a species of thistle is produced, the stalk
of which, stripped of its outer rind, is exceedingly pleasant to the
taste, and is eaten by the inhabitants in the spring. There are se-
veral inscriptions on the walls and ruined churches at Damala. The
small brass coins of Troezen, with the figure of a trident, are not
common.

TROEZEN TO HERMIONE.

Pausaniassays, "those who go by the mountains, toward Her-
mione from Troezen, see the fountain of the river Hylycos, which was
anciently called Taurios, and the stone named after Theseus, because
he took thence the slippers and sword of iEgeus which had been con-
cealed below it. This was before that time called the altar of Jupiter