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plain of megalo-kastron.

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COIN OF TYLISSOS.

CHAPTER IX.

GONIES TO TYLISSO, THE SITE OF TYLISSOS. THE CRETAN IBEX,
OR WILD-GOAT, AND THE DICTAMNON. FOUNTAIN OF SELVILI.
SONG ON THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN THEODHOROS. ARRIVAL AT
MEGALO-KASTRON. EUROPEAN CONSULATES, ESPECIALLY THOSE
OF FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN. THE BRITISH FLAG INSULTED
BY A PASHA OF KHANIA.

February 27.

After I left Gonies, the country afforded but few-
signs of productiveness for miles, except some scattered
olive and carob trees in the immediate neighbourhood
of the village. After a descent of about half an hour,
we began to follow the river, and continued our course,
near its bank, for two miles: we then commenced the
ascent of a range of rocky mountains, and, from their
summit, obtained a view of the plain of Megalo-Kastron,
the chief city of the island ; the solid walls and lofty
minarets of which we at the same time discerned. A
somewhat tedious descent brought us to the village of
Tylisso1, where although I heard of neither coins nor
other antiquities, yet I felt little or no doubt that I was
standing on the site of the ancient Tylissos.

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