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KALAMAKI.
[Chai>. nr.
Sunday, Oct. 11.—Wo remained this day at Corinth, and
wandered over the ruins of the modern town, which was burnt
by the Greeks when they retired, that it might not afford
shelter to the Turkish army. The numerous marble frag-
ments which cover the site of the Pacha's palace prove the
rich materials of which it had been constructed. The am-
phitheatre excavated in the rock, on the top of the low hills
to the N.E. of the town, is a curious instance of very
early architecture; the steps and seats which remain are
also cut out of the rock, but the building was probably car-
ried to a greater height on masonry, which has since been
removed by successive conquerors.
In the afternoon we ascended the Acropolis, the height
of which the French Commission have calculated at 330
toises above the sea. The fortifications appeared to be
chiefly Venetian, and were now garrisoned by a small de-
tachment of Bavarian soldiers, one of whose officers, an old
Greek Klcpht, who had entered the Bavarian service, con-
ducted us over the ramparts.
Monday, Oct. 12.—On the road to Kalamaki, and near
the highest part of the isthmus, we passed through the re-
mains of an extensive Turkish farm destroyed during the
war; and two hours from Corinth we came upon the re-
mains of the old Venetian walls across the isthmus, the
position of which in a military point of view must have
been much strengthened by the ravines into which the
road afterwards descended, and which are erroneously
described as the remains of the canal attempted to be cut
through the isthmus in former days. Another half-hour
brought us to Kalamaki, in the bay of Schosnus, at the
N.W. end of the Saronic Gulf; at the head of which is a
small but beautifully situated plain, now overgrown with
shrubs and tangled brushwood, and surrounded by wooded
hills. It is said to be the spot where the Isthmian games
were celebrated.
Near the small landing-place of Kalamaki the low hills
to the left consisted of beds of sand, associated with con-
KALAMAKI.
[Chai>. nr.
Sunday, Oct. 11.—Wo remained this day at Corinth, and
wandered over the ruins of the modern town, which was burnt
by the Greeks when they retired, that it might not afford
shelter to the Turkish army. The numerous marble frag-
ments which cover the site of the Pacha's palace prove the
rich materials of which it had been constructed. The am-
phitheatre excavated in the rock, on the top of the low hills
to the N.E. of the town, is a curious instance of very
early architecture; the steps and seats which remain are
also cut out of the rock, but the building was probably car-
ried to a greater height on masonry, which has since been
removed by successive conquerors.
In the afternoon we ascended the Acropolis, the height
of which the French Commission have calculated at 330
toises above the sea. The fortifications appeared to be
chiefly Venetian, and were now garrisoned by a small de-
tachment of Bavarian soldiers, one of whose officers, an old
Greek Klcpht, who had entered the Bavarian service, con-
ducted us over the ramparts.
Monday, Oct. 12.—On the road to Kalamaki, and near
the highest part of the isthmus, we passed through the re-
mains of an extensive Turkish farm destroyed during the
war; and two hours from Corinth we came upon the re-
mains of the old Venetian walls across the isthmus, the
position of which in a military point of view must have
been much strengthened by the ravines into which the
road afterwards descended, and which are erroneously
described as the remains of the canal attempted to be cut
through the isthmus in former days. Another half-hour
brought us to Kalamaki, in the bay of Schosnus, at the
N.W. end of the Saronic Gulf; at the head of which is a
small but beautifully situated plain, now overgrown with
shrubs and tangled brushwood, and surrounded by wooded
hills. It is said to be the spot where the Isthmian games
were celebrated.
Near the small landing-place of Kalamaki the low hills
to the left consisted of beds of sand, associated with con-