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VI.] ANCIENT REMAINS AT AND NEAR POLIS. 83
I reap the fruits of the active part played by him in the
war, for he has a story for every step of the road, and
recalls to my mind the words of Cicero when at Athens,
" Quocunque ingredimur in aliquam historiam vestigium
ponimus." If I may form a judgement from the evi-
dent pleasure he takes in relating " these moving acci-
dents by flood or field,11 I shall constantly hear of them
till his stock be exhausted.
Before arriving at Pdlis we find considerable remains
of a massive brick edifice, at one end of which are some
buttresses each fifteen feet wide and projecting about
nine feet. Close by are remains of an odd circular build-
ing, about 60 feet across in its interior. Each of the
recesses, shewn in the sketch at the head of this chapter,
is rather more than a semicircle, with a diameter of
about eleven feet. The whole is built of moderate
sized stones. About 300 paces to the south-south-west
of Pdlis is an ancient cistern 76 feet long and nearly
20 feet wide. A rapid descent on the western side
of the village conducts to considerable remains of a
Roman brick building, beyond which, in the deep
valley between Pdlis and the mountain Phterolako, runs
the stream which divides the eparkhia of Apokdrona
from that of Rhithymnos. Several large caves, contain-
ing water both summer and winter, as well as many
ancient tombs, excavated out of the solid rock, are said
to exist in the neighbourhood of Pdlis. Ancient coins
are also said to be found in great numbers in the fields
While pronouncing the first greeting, the hand is usually placed on the breast,
and the head and upper part of the body are inclined forward. The hand
is sometimes put in the Turkish way, first to the lips and then to the fore-
head, especially by Mohammedans, on all occasions, and by Christians when
addressing a person of rank. Manias never asked a question of any peasant
we met on the road without bestowing on him the preliminary compliments
of good wishes, and an enquiry after his health. It seems that the peculiarity
of these very ceremonious salutations, in the manners of the Cretans, is also
found among the Afghans, even the poorest among whom, whenever a visitor
goes in, hear and pronounce several complimentary phrases, in addition to the
ordinary Salam-Ale'ikum, and Ale'ikum-Salam of a Musulman meeting. See
Mr Elphinstone's Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, p. 235.
F 2
I reap the fruits of the active part played by him in the
war, for he has a story for every step of the road, and
recalls to my mind the words of Cicero when at Athens,
" Quocunque ingredimur in aliquam historiam vestigium
ponimus." If I may form a judgement from the evi-
dent pleasure he takes in relating " these moving acci-
dents by flood or field,11 I shall constantly hear of them
till his stock be exhausted.
Before arriving at Pdlis we find considerable remains
of a massive brick edifice, at one end of which are some
buttresses each fifteen feet wide and projecting about
nine feet. Close by are remains of an odd circular build-
ing, about 60 feet across in its interior. Each of the
recesses, shewn in the sketch at the head of this chapter,
is rather more than a semicircle, with a diameter of
about eleven feet. The whole is built of moderate
sized stones. About 300 paces to the south-south-west
of Pdlis is an ancient cistern 76 feet long and nearly
20 feet wide. A rapid descent on the western side
of the village conducts to considerable remains of a
Roman brick building, beyond which, in the deep
valley between Pdlis and the mountain Phterolako, runs
the stream which divides the eparkhia of Apokdrona
from that of Rhithymnos. Several large caves, contain-
ing water both summer and winter, as well as many
ancient tombs, excavated out of the solid rock, are said
to exist in the neighbourhood of Pdlis. Ancient coins
are also said to be found in great numbers in the fields
While pronouncing the first greeting, the hand is usually placed on the breast,
and the head and upper part of the body are inclined forward. The hand
is sometimes put in the Turkish way, first to the lips and then to the fore-
head, especially by Mohammedans, on all occasions, and by Christians when
addressing a person of rank. Manias never asked a question of any peasant
we met on the road without bestowing on him the preliminary compliments
of good wishes, and an enquiry after his health. It seems that the peculiarity
of these very ceremonious salutations, in the manners of the Cretans, is also
found among the Afghans, even the poorest among whom, whenever a visitor
goes in, hear and pronounce several complimentary phrases, in addition to the
ordinary Salam-Ale'ikum, and Ale'ikum-Salam of a Musulman meeting. See
Mr Elphinstone's Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, p. 235.
F 2