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THE WATER OF THE STONE.
309
equal length brought us to the Water of the Stone4,
a fountain the virtues of which are the same as those
assigned to many fountains, by ancient authors5, and have
probably been the cause of its name. So celebrated is it,
that persons sometimes send to the monastery which we
have left, even from Constantinople, for a few bottles of
it, and it is said to be always highly beneficial to the
invalids who take it. The mountain hereabouts is
covered with heath6 and wild strawberry trees7.
An ascent of forty minutes brings us in sight of
the monastery of Arkadhi, on a little plain and surrounded
by many pine-trees. Over the entrance gateway is an
inscription, coeval, I suppose, with the erection of the
building, in which mention is made of the monk Ned-
phytos, the Hegumenos of the monastery8.
I ascertained while here, that there are ancient remains
near the metdkhi Elevtherna, which is less than three
miles to the north-east or east of Arkadhi. Now, sup-
posing the site of Eleutherna to be near this metdkhi of
the monastery, I was naturally induced to make all
4 T^s ireTpai to vepov.
5 Vitruvius, viii. 3. "Item sunt nonnullae acidae venae fontium—
quae hanc habent virtutem, uti calculos, in vesicis, qui nascuntur in cor-
poribus hominum, potionibus discutiant. Pliny, N. H. xxxi. 5. In
Aenaria insula calculosis mederi. Et quae vocatur Acidula—haec frigida.
Item &C.1' Again, c. 8. " Tungri civitas Galliae fontem habet insignem.
Purgat hie corpora, tertianas febres discutit, calculorumque vitia." The sur-
gical operation, so commonly performed for this disease, in modern times,
was known to the ancients, and is very fully described by Celsus, de
Medic, vit. c. xxvi. § 2. and 3.
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THE WATER OF THE STONE.
309
equal length brought us to the Water of the Stone4,
a fountain the virtues of which are the same as those
assigned to many fountains, by ancient authors5, and have
probably been the cause of its name. So celebrated is it,
that persons sometimes send to the monastery which we
have left, even from Constantinople, for a few bottles of
it, and it is said to be always highly beneficial to the
invalids who take it. The mountain hereabouts is
covered with heath6 and wild strawberry trees7.
An ascent of forty minutes brings us in sight of
the monastery of Arkadhi, on a little plain and surrounded
by many pine-trees. Over the entrance gateway is an
inscription, coeval, I suppose, with the erection of the
building, in which mention is made of the monk Ned-
phytos, the Hegumenos of the monastery8.
I ascertained while here, that there are ancient remains
near the metdkhi Elevtherna, which is less than three
miles to the north-east or east of Arkadhi. Now, sup-
posing the site of Eleutherna to be near this metdkhi of
the monastery, I was naturally induced to make all
4 T^s ireTpai to vepov.
5 Vitruvius, viii. 3. "Item sunt nonnullae acidae venae fontium—
quae hanc habent virtutem, uti calculos, in vesicis, qui nascuntur in cor-
poribus hominum, potionibus discutiant. Pliny, N. H. xxxi. 5. In
Aenaria insula calculosis mederi. Et quae vocatur Acidula—haec frigida.
Item &C.1' Again, c. 8. " Tungri civitas Galliae fontem habet insignem.
Purgat hie corpora, tertianas febres discutit, calculorumque vitia." The sur-
gical operation, so commonly performed for this disease, in modern times,
was known to the ancients, and is very fully described by Celsus, de
Medic, vit. c. xxvi. § 2. and 3.
7 ¥L6p.apot.
MMHCeHTIKE THC *YXHC Til A>!A« C«
N € o<t>YTU IE PO M o N A Xb'
TH KAaHRfM6NU K\ nACHC THC€NXc6
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