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202 population of megalo-k astron. [chap.
COINS OP CNOSSOS.
CHAPTER XII.
POPULATION OF MEGALO-K ASTRON. INSCRIPTION ON A VENETIAN
FOUNTAIN. MARRIAGE OF ZEUS AND HERE IN THE NEIGHBOUR-
HOOD OF CNOSSOS. VESTIGES OF CNOSSOS AT M AKRO-TEIKHO.
CRETAN BISHOPRICS. LEGENDARY TOMB OF THE HIGH-PRIEST
CAIAPHAS. TOMBS OF IDOMENEUS AND MERIONES. DISTIN-
GUISHED CNOSSIANS. THE MYTHICAL LABYRINTH, AND ITS
INHABITANT THE MINOTAUR. COINS OF CNOSSOS.
March 3.
The population of Megalo-Kastron is about 12,000
souls, 11,000 of whom are Mohammedans. Scarcely any
change has been produced by the war in the number
of its inhabitants. The places of many who perished
have been taken by new settlers from the country. The
small Mohammedan proprietor used to have his field
tilled by his Christian neighbour, and is no longer able,
under the rule of Mehmet-Ali, to continue the system
COINS OP CNOSSOS.
CHAPTER XII.
POPULATION OF MEGALO-K ASTRON. INSCRIPTION ON A VENETIAN
FOUNTAIN. MARRIAGE OF ZEUS AND HERE IN THE NEIGHBOUR-
HOOD OF CNOSSOS. VESTIGES OF CNOSSOS AT M AKRO-TEIKHO.
CRETAN BISHOPRICS. LEGENDARY TOMB OF THE HIGH-PRIEST
CAIAPHAS. TOMBS OF IDOMENEUS AND MERIONES. DISTIN-
GUISHED CNOSSIANS. THE MYTHICAL LABYRINTH, AND ITS
INHABITANT THE MINOTAUR. COINS OF CNOSSOS.
March 3.
The population of Megalo-Kastron is about 12,000
souls, 11,000 of whom are Mohammedans. Scarcely any
change has been produced by the war in the number
of its inhabitants. The places of many who perished
have been taken by new settlers from the country. The
small Mohammedan proprietor used to have his field
tilled by his Christian neighbour, and is no longer able,
under the rule of Mehmet-Ali, to continue the system