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ARRIVAL AT GHARAZO.
[CHAI*.
by the trees. The road winds along the valley, some-
times on the banks of the river, sometimes actually in
its bed, for near three miles before we arrive at the
Khan Papativrysi, now a ruin. Rain had begun to
fall in torrents before we reached this place, and, on
finding that it afforded no shelter, we ascended on the
south side of the valley up to the village of Gharazo.
In its neighbourhood there is no such place as " Lasos,"
which, on looking at Lapie's map, any one would expect
to find somewhere near it.
We lodge in the house of a monk who is the resident
at this metdkhi of the monastery Vdsako, near the village
of Sises, at the foot of mount Kutzutruli, and where
there are fifteen monks. They had twelve pairs of oxen
before the revolution, but now have only four. Before
the revolution the monastery possessed a library, which
was destroyed when the church and other buildings of
the society were burnt. This monk, with whom we
lodge, has a female housekeeper whose daughter is ten
or twelve years old: his secular name was Michael,
but on becoming anagndstes, the first step taken to-
wards the priesthood, he changed it to Meletios. The
name is always thus changed on that occasion.
This village of Gharazo, the metdkhis of Omala,
Musa and Nesi, being reckoned with it, is said to have
about 12,000 olive-trees, of which between two and
three thousand are uncultivated.
One Aga, Khanialuki-Zikni-bey, still receives the
seventh of all the produce, as used to be the case, the
Pasha only taking the kharatj and four paras per oke
on the wine.
Gharazo is celebrated for the beauty of its J female
inhabitants, and a common proverb asserts, in very plain
and unequivocal terms, that
Gharazo's dames are facile as they're fair.
We had rain here, with scarcely any intermission,
during the whole day : the old priest produced eggs,
ARRIVAL AT GHARAZO.
[CHAI*.
by the trees. The road winds along the valley, some-
times on the banks of the river, sometimes actually in
its bed, for near three miles before we arrive at the
Khan Papativrysi, now a ruin. Rain had begun to
fall in torrents before we reached this place, and, on
finding that it afforded no shelter, we ascended on the
south side of the valley up to the village of Gharazo.
In its neighbourhood there is no such place as " Lasos,"
which, on looking at Lapie's map, any one would expect
to find somewhere near it.
We lodge in the house of a monk who is the resident
at this metdkhi of the monastery Vdsako, near the village
of Sises, at the foot of mount Kutzutruli, and where
there are fifteen monks. They had twelve pairs of oxen
before the revolution, but now have only four. Before
the revolution the monastery possessed a library, which
was destroyed when the church and other buildings of
the society were burnt. This monk, with whom we
lodge, has a female housekeeper whose daughter is ten
or twelve years old: his secular name was Michael,
but on becoming anagndstes, the first step taken to-
wards the priesthood, he changed it to Meletios. The
name is always thus changed on that occasion.
This village of Gharazo, the metdkhis of Omala,
Musa and Nesi, being reckoned with it, is said to have
about 12,000 olive-trees, of which between two and
three thousand are uncultivated.
One Aga, Khanialuki-Zikni-bey, still receives the
seventh of all the produce, as used to be the case, the
Pasha only taking the kharatj and four paras per oke
on the wine.
Gharazo is celebrated for the beauty of its J female
inhabitants, and a common proverb asserts, in very plain
and unequivocal terms, that
Gharazo's dames are facile as they're fair.
We had rain here, with scarcely any intermission,
during the whole day : the old priest produced eggs,