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valley of k0ntok yneghi.
123
WALLS OF KALAMYDE.
CHAPTER XXXI.
VISIT THE SITE OF KALAMYDES. A GENERALLY PREVALENT SUPER-
STITION. POLITENESS OF MANIAS IN SPEAKING TO A MOHAM-
MEDAN. THE LIGHT IN WHICH JEWS ARE HELD BY ORIENTAL
CHRISTIANS.
May 1.
I leave Vlithias at half-past six, and I find the
descent steep and the road extremely bad down to the
river, which is even now a considerable stream: after
passing it I begin to ascend, winding in a south-westerly
direction along and up the side of the mountain, which
I soon cross, and descend at a place called Kontoky-
neghi1, into a valley parallel or nearly so to that of
Kantanos. I reach Kontokyneghi at twenty minutes
past seven : it is one of the most sequestered and quiet
spots imaginable, entirely shut in by the lofty rocky
hills of the valley, and half buried in the thick grove of
tall olive-trees, carobs and almonds, in the midst of which
it is situated. This is one of the many spots in Crete
1 ~KovTOKvvi\yi.
valley of k0ntok yneghi.
123
WALLS OF KALAMYDE.
CHAPTER XXXI.
VISIT THE SITE OF KALAMYDES. A GENERALLY PREVALENT SUPER-
STITION. POLITENESS OF MANIAS IN SPEAKING TO A MOHAM-
MEDAN. THE LIGHT IN WHICH JEWS ARE HELD BY ORIENTAL
CHRISTIANS.
May 1.
I leave Vlithias at half-past six, and I find the
descent steep and the road extremely bad down to the
river, which is even now a considerable stream: after
passing it I begin to ascend, winding in a south-westerly
direction along and up the side of the mountain, which
I soon cross, and descend at a place called Kontoky-
neghi1, into a valley parallel or nearly so to that of
Kantanos. I reach Kontokyneghi at twenty minutes
past seven : it is one of the most sequestered and quiet
spots imaginable, entirely shut in by the lofty rocky
hills of the valley, and half buried in the thick grove of
tall olive-trees, carobs and almonds, in the midst of which
it is situated. This is one of the many spots in Crete
1 ~KovTOKvvi\yi.