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departure from vlithias.
[chap.
MONUMENT AT VLITHIAS.
CHAPTER XXXII.
DEPARTURE FROM VLITHIAS. SFAKIAN WOMEN. THE OLIVE-TREES
OF SELINO. A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE PEASANT. VIEW OF THE
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SEAS. ARRIVAL AT ERGASTERI.
FISCAL INNOVATIONS OF MEHMET-ALI-PASHA. SONG ON THE
DEATH OF THE CHRISTIAN CHIEFTAIN TZELEPES. A RUMELIOTE
SONG ON THE DEFENCE OF MESOLONGHI. SONG ON THE DEATH
OF KHADJI-MIKHALI.
May 1, continned.
We set out from Vlithias at noon. Not a breath
of air was stirring either yesterday or to-day, so that
the heat is very considerable. About one o'clock, on
entering the straggling village of Kakotikhi, I was
struck with such an apparition of female beauty, as,
when once seen, can never be forgotten. This Cretan
departure from vlithias.
[chap.
MONUMENT AT VLITHIAS.
CHAPTER XXXII.
DEPARTURE FROM VLITHIAS. SFAKIAN WOMEN. THE OLIVE-TREES
OF SELINO. A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE PEASANT. VIEW OF THE
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SEAS. ARRIVAL AT ERGASTERI.
FISCAL INNOVATIONS OF MEHMET-ALI-PASHA. SONG ON THE
DEATH OF THE CHRISTIAN CHIEFTAIN TZELEPES. A RUMELIOTE
SONG ON THE DEFENCE OF MESOLONGHI. SONG ON THE DEATH
OF KHADJI-MIKHALI.
May 1, continned.
We set out from Vlithias at noon. Not a breath
of air was stirring either yesterday or to-day, so that
the heat is very considerable. About one o'clock, on
entering the straggling village of Kakotikhi, I was
struck with such an apparition of female beauty, as,
when once seen, can never be forgotten. This Cretan