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VISITS TO SEVERAL ASKYFIOTKS |<:|IAE>.

ASK V FO.

CHAPTER XXXV.

wine of askyfo. sfakian cheese-cakes. cretan oaths, an-
cient and modern. euphemism. departure from askyfo.
trees of the sfakian mountains. arrival at anopolis.
dialectic peculiarities of the sfakians. cretans at odessa
on the outbreaking of the greek revolution.

Ma y 5.

Several of the principal villagers beg of me to
visit them, which I do soon after sunrise, accompanied
by my guide Manias. Roast lamb and excellent wine1

1 This is the highest elevation at which the ground is cultivated in Crete,
and the wine is most excellent. Tiieognis, v. 875. speaks of wine produced
on the summit of Taygetos :

Uli; olvoVy tov hfiOL Kopv(pils alro 'VijvyeToto,
ctfX7re\ot ijvcyKau.