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XXXVII.] BELIEF IN SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCES. 235
ANCIENT WALLS NEAR AN0POL1S.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE APPEARANCE, IN SFAKIA, OF A SAINT AND PROPHET, WHO
WORKED MIRACLES. THE MARRIAGE OF COUSINS NOT ALLOWED
IN THE GREEK CHURCH. THE SAINT'S REPUTATION AND SUCCESS
CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINEERS. VESTIGES OF AN ANCIENT
CITY: MASSIVE REMAINS OF POLYGONAL MASONRY. PRODUCE
OF THE PLAIN AND MOUNTAINS OF ANOPOLIS. SELF-DESTRUC-
TION OF A CHRISTIAN MOTHER, WITH HER CHILD. A SFAKIAN
WORTHY. SFAKIAN CUSTOMS. PUNISHMENT OF A WIFE IF SUP-
POSED FAITHLESS. FEUDS PERPETUATED BETWEEN FAMILIES.
In a country where the belief in such supernatural
occurrences, as have been described in the previous
chapter, is not confined to old women and children,
but prevails among the whole population, it is not sur-
prising to learn how powerful an influence has occa-
ANCIENT WALLS NEAR AN0POL1S.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE APPEARANCE, IN SFAKIA, OF A SAINT AND PROPHET, WHO
WORKED MIRACLES. THE MARRIAGE OF COUSINS NOT ALLOWED
IN THE GREEK CHURCH. THE SAINT'S REPUTATION AND SUCCESS
CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINEERS. VESTIGES OF AN ANCIENT
CITY: MASSIVE REMAINS OF POLYGONAL MASONRY. PRODUCE
OF THE PLAIN AND MOUNTAINS OF ANOPOLIS. SELF-DESTRUC-
TION OF A CHRISTIAN MOTHER, WITH HER CHILD. A SFAKIAN
WORTHY. SFAKIAN CUSTOMS. PUNISHMENT OF A WIFE IF SUP-
POSED FAITHLESS. FEUDS PERPETUATED BETWEEN FAMILIES.
In a country where the belief in such supernatural
occurrences, as have been described in the previous
chapter, is not confined to old women and children,
but prevails among the whole population, it is not sur-
prising to learn how powerful an influence has occa-