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CAPTAIN MANIAs's BIOGRAPHY,
[chap.
an active part in the affairs of the war, and ere long-
became a Captain, having a considerable body of men
under his standard. In the interval between the sub-
mission to Khusein-bey and the insurrection in 182Q,
he armed a kaik, and made descents upon the coast of
Crete, chiefly in the province of Sitia, where he made
prisoners, in the space of less than two years, sixty-four
Mohammedans, if his own story be true, which I believe
it to be. The prisoners he sold as slaves, and most of
them were soon redeemed. Kasos was the mart where
he disposed of them. From 1829 till the period of
final submission to the Egyptians, he had his share in
the engagements which took place ; and, as I have heard
from other Greeks, for I must say that he did not sound
the trumpet of his own military exploits, he distinguished
himself as one of the foremost combatants on several
occasions. The life of war, rapine and bloodshed,
which he had led, proved of the highest utility to me,
for it had made him so well acquainted with every hill
and dale, path and river, in the island, that there were
few parts of it where he would not have proved an
unerring guide even at midnight15.
I thought myself fortunate in meeting with such a
person, especially since daily intercourse with him would
render me better acquainted with that most remarkable
part of the population of Crete, the Sfakian mountaineers,
than I could possibly have become by a mere ramble of
ten days or a fortnight in their mountains.
This Sfakian accompanied me during the greater
part of my travels in the island, and proved himself to
be a man, who, though entirely destitute of education,
was yet possessed of extraordinary abilities, and was
certainly, I believe, quite unequalled in most of the
important qualities of a guide in such countries. I
gladly avail myself of my artist's pencil to present the
interesting mountaineer to my reader.
45 He said to me vd era? 6pfirjve\j/m eis iipic Ttl fiepri tj/s K/otjTtjS, (cat
to. fieadvvKTa, where op fit) ve\poo and opa stand for epp.r\vev<rw and o\a.
CAPTAIN MANIAs's BIOGRAPHY,
[chap.
an active part in the affairs of the war, and ere long-
became a Captain, having a considerable body of men
under his standard. In the interval between the sub-
mission to Khusein-bey and the insurrection in 182Q,
he armed a kaik, and made descents upon the coast of
Crete, chiefly in the province of Sitia, where he made
prisoners, in the space of less than two years, sixty-four
Mohammedans, if his own story be true, which I believe
it to be. The prisoners he sold as slaves, and most of
them were soon redeemed. Kasos was the mart where
he disposed of them. From 1829 till the period of
final submission to the Egyptians, he had his share in
the engagements which took place ; and, as I have heard
from other Greeks, for I must say that he did not sound
the trumpet of his own military exploits, he distinguished
himself as one of the foremost combatants on several
occasions. The life of war, rapine and bloodshed,
which he had led, proved of the highest utility to me,
for it had made him so well acquainted with every hill
and dale, path and river, in the island, that there were
few parts of it where he would not have proved an
unerring guide even at midnight15.
I thought myself fortunate in meeting with such a
person, especially since daily intercourse with him would
render me better acquainted with that most remarkable
part of the population of Crete, the Sfakian mountaineers,
than I could possibly have become by a mere ramble of
ten days or a fortnight in their mountains.
This Sfakian accompanied me during the greater
part of my travels in the island, and proved himself to
be a man, who, though entirely destitute of education,
was yet possessed of extraordinary abilities, and was
certainly, I believe, quite unequalled in most of the
important qualities of a guide in such countries. I
gladly avail myself of my artist's pencil to present the
interesting mountaineer to my reader.
45 He said to me vd era? 6pfirjve\j/m eis iipic Ttl fiepri tj/s K/otjTtjS, (cat
to. fieadvvKTa, where op fit) ve\poo and opa stand for epp.r\vev<rw and o\a.