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vicinity of khan i a.
[chap.
CHAPTER II.
VISIT TO HAGHIOS ELEUTHERIOS. DESCRIPTION OF THE MONAS-
TERIES AND GROTTOS OF THE AKROTERI.
Since the districts of Crete, which are most likely
to be interesting, have been but little explored, I shall
notice very briefly such parts of the island as have
been sufficiently described by modern travellers. Among
these the immediate vicinity of Khania may safely be
included. The beauties of its plain, which extends
from the gate of the city to the Rhiza1, have been care-
1 The "Piemonte" of Western Crete; the term includes the whole of the
lower northern slopes of the Sfakian Mountains.
vicinity of khan i a.
[chap.
CHAPTER II.
VISIT TO HAGHIOS ELEUTHERIOS. DESCRIPTION OF THE MONAS-
TERIES AND GROTTOS OF THE AKROTERI.
Since the districts of Crete, which are most likely
to be interesting, have been but little explored, I shall
notice very briefly such parts of the island as have
been sufficiently described by modern travellers. Among
these the immediate vicinity of Khania may safely be
included. The beauties of its plain, which extends
from the gate of the city to the Rhiza1, have been care-
1 The "Piemonte" of Western Crete; the term includes the whole of the
lower northern slopes of the Sfakian Mountains.