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APPENDIX. 291
climate that one can hardly suppose that Greece could suffer
generally at any time from dearth. The plains of Arcadia
for instance are probably 2000 feet higher than those of Ar-
gos or Elis, and consequently the harvests are later. Indeed
they differ, in some degree, in kind: Kalamboki, or maze
may more properly be called the staple produce of the
lower plains than wheat—barley grows among the highest
hills, on the lightest soils. Excellent tobacco is the result
of the high temperature of the neighbourhood of Tiryns
and Mycenas, and the southern side of the Argolide near
Lerna seems well adapted for cotton or mastic. There
they crowd the mouths of wells and the watering troughs, preferring the
coldest and purest water. The peasants are careful to place water in troughs
or hollow stones that they may drink without danger, yet many hundreds
are drowned as they refresh themselves in the evening after their labours
" crura thymo plenas."
At liquidi fontes et stagna virentia musco
Adsint, et tenuis fugiens per gramina rivus-^-
In medium, seu stabit iners, seu profluet humor,
Transversas salices et grandia conjice saxa:
Pontibus ut crebris possint consistere, et alas
Pandere ad aestivum Solem, si forte morantes
Sparserit, aut prseceps Neptuno immerserit Eurus.
Virgil. Georg. iv. 1ft.
It seems probable that flowers have less saccharine matter in their farina
than thyme, and that the farina itself is sooner dissipated: Of the many
varieties of honey that exist, that of Hymettus is still esteemed the best,
on account of its high flavour of thyme. One little glen in Eubcea planted
with rose trees by some whimsical or speculating Pasha boasts a honey
approaching in taste to conserve of roses—this till the revolution was
monopolised by the ladies of the Seraglio. In Eubcea a strong spirit is
distilled from honey—it is by no means unpleasant and slightly resembles
the Kirschwasser of the Black Forest. The Attic hives often produce from
12 to 17 lbs. of honeycomb—the honey is chiefly exported to Constantinople,
the wax used in the churches for tapers.
climate that one can hardly suppose that Greece could suffer
generally at any time from dearth. The plains of Arcadia
for instance are probably 2000 feet higher than those of Ar-
gos or Elis, and consequently the harvests are later. Indeed
they differ, in some degree, in kind: Kalamboki, or maze
may more properly be called the staple produce of the
lower plains than wheat—barley grows among the highest
hills, on the lightest soils. Excellent tobacco is the result
of the high temperature of the neighbourhood of Tiryns
and Mycenas, and the southern side of the Argolide near
Lerna seems well adapted for cotton or mastic. There
they crowd the mouths of wells and the watering troughs, preferring the
coldest and purest water. The peasants are careful to place water in troughs
or hollow stones that they may drink without danger, yet many hundreds
are drowned as they refresh themselves in the evening after their labours
" crura thymo plenas."
At liquidi fontes et stagna virentia musco
Adsint, et tenuis fugiens per gramina rivus-^-
In medium, seu stabit iners, seu profluet humor,
Transversas salices et grandia conjice saxa:
Pontibus ut crebris possint consistere, et alas
Pandere ad aestivum Solem, si forte morantes
Sparserit, aut prseceps Neptuno immerserit Eurus.
Virgil. Georg. iv. 1ft.
It seems probable that flowers have less saccharine matter in their farina
than thyme, and that the farina itself is sooner dissipated: Of the many
varieties of honey that exist, that of Hymettus is still esteemed the best,
on account of its high flavour of thyme. One little glen in Eubcea planted
with rose trees by some whimsical or speculating Pasha boasts a honey
approaching in taste to conserve of roses—this till the revolution was
monopolised by the ladies of the Seraglio. In Eubcea a strong spirit is
distilled from honey—it is by no means unpleasant and slightly resembles
the Kirschwasser of the Black Forest. The Attic hives often produce from
12 to 17 lbs. of honeycomb—the honey is chiefly exported to Constantinople,
the wax used in the churches for tapers.