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TRAVELS IN CRETE.
KHAN I A.
CHAPTER I.
VIEW OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. ARRIVA'L AT KHANIA. THE
RAMAZAN AND CARNIVAL. TOWN OF KHANIA. VENETIAN
REMAINS. LION OF SAINT MARK. SAINT TITUS THE PATRON
OF CRETE. CONSULS OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS. FESTIVAL OF
THE BAIRAM. VISIT TO ISMAEL-BEY. LANGUAGE OF THE
CRETANS. THE MOHAMMEDANS OF CRETE DRINK WINE. THE
SITE OF CYDONIA DETERMINED.
February 8, 1834.
On entering the gulf of Khania I was struck with
the grandeur and beauty of the White Mountains, which
well deserve the name bestowed on them by both ancients
and moderns, and attract the notice of every one who
passes the southern promontories of Laconia, either on
approaching or leaving the islands of the Egean.
The fame of the Cretan Ida is greater than that
of these snow-clad summits, and I had some difficulty
vol. i. g a
KHAN I A.
CHAPTER I.
VIEW OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. ARRIVA'L AT KHANIA. THE
RAMAZAN AND CARNIVAL. TOWN OF KHANIA. VENETIAN
REMAINS. LION OF SAINT MARK. SAINT TITUS THE PATRON
OF CRETE. CONSULS OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS. FESTIVAL OF
THE BAIRAM. VISIT TO ISMAEL-BEY. LANGUAGE OF THE
CRETANS. THE MOHAMMEDANS OF CRETE DRINK WINE. THE
SITE OF CYDONIA DETERMINED.
February 8, 1834.
On entering the gulf of Khania I was struck with
the grandeur and beauty of the White Mountains, which
well deserve the name bestowed on them by both ancients
and moderns, and attract the notice of every one who
passes the southern promontories of Laconia, either on
approaching or leaving the islands of the Egean.
The fame of the Cretan Ida is greater than that
of these snow-clad summits, and I had some difficulty
vol. i. g a