effect of the exhalations was to occasion convul-
sions and those ecstacies which have accompanied
in every age the gift of prophecy.

Greece is situated between two seas, and is not
for that reason exposed to excessive droughts;
but the cold is often more intense than in Italy
or Spain, and the cause is owing to its being on two
sides with the great range of the continent,the tem-
perature of which in equal parallels is always low-
er towards the centre, and also to its proximity to
two great mountainous chains,Heemuis and Taurus.

The temperature of Greece varies greatly in
different districts, it has been said that the cli-
mates of all the regions in Europe are concen-
trated in that country; the waters of the Dan-
ube and the Hebrus are frozen in winter; the Rus-
sians who crossed Mount Haemqius had recourse
to their furs to protect them against the cold ; but
on the other hand, spring and summer are the
only seasons on the coast of Attica. “ The
notes of the nightingale are herd in verdent plains
where the cold of winter is unknown, and rude
blasts never felt; the branches of fruit trees en-
circled with ivy or the tendrils of the vine shel-
ter these vallies from the burning rays of the
sun. Bacchus and his joyous* votaries wander in
the groves; the narcissus and the glittering,
crocus, which adorn the wreaths of the gods
are always in flower. Venus and the muses
meet on the magic banks of the Cephisus; its
winding streams, flowing through a thousand
channels, water fertile meads.” Sophocles.

The traveller, after having crossed the heights
of Thermopylse, enters into Greece Proper; the
climate is more oppressive, water is scarcer, but
the soil is fruitful; oil is the most valuable pro-
duction in the southern provinces, and that of
Attica is superior to every other, but a thick hoar-
frost rises occasionally from the Archipelago and
is destructive to plants ; it falls in the form of dew
and penetrates into the roots and sap, the leaves
become yellow, the flowers decay, or if they ri-
pen, the fruit is of little use. The oil export-
ed annually from Attica was calculated to be
worth 300,000 piasters; that from the Morea
about 400,000. Corinth is still famed for its rai-
sins, Arcadia for its cheese, and Mount Hymet-
tus for its honey. The soil of Attica is covered
with aromatic plants, and that circumstance ena-
bles us to account for the excellence of its honey;
it is sweeter than that of other countries, retains
its aromatic fragrance, and, although of a red
colour, is perfectly transparent. The same coun-
try might rival Spain in the fineness of its wool;
the goat thrives on its hills, the uncultivated
lands are over-run with thyme, serpillum and
marjoram, the Albanian shepherds lead their flocks
in summer to these pastures. The breed of goats
was improved in the time of the Byzantine em-
perors by the mixture of the African and Asia-
tic race, but it has not since been sufficiently
crossed; the breed of sheep in Livadia and
Arcadia is the best, that of Attica the worst.

The view from Mount Parnassus is extensive,
a traveller saw from it Olympus, the Ionian Isl-
ands and the Cyclades; he might have observed
beneath him the town and gulf of Lepanto, and on
the east amidst flowery meads, the populous town
of Livadia in the province of ihe same name.

Corinth, its two gulfs and rocky isthmus, which
so many sovereigns have in vain endeavored to
cut, still command the entrance into the Pel-
oponnesus or Morea, which has been styled by
the Slavonic tribes who oenetrated into it during

the Byzantine empire, the maritime country_:
We observe in that region the agreeable town of
Argos and Napoli de Romania, or as it is some-
times called the Gibraltar of Greece. Three hun-
dred vessels may ride at anchor in its harbour.
Napoli de Malvoisia and its great inland bay, the
populous town of Misitra on the valley of the
Eurotas, the present Vasili-Potamo or royal river
and Tripolitza, where a pacha resided with impu-
nity near the ruins of Mantinea. The towns on
the south-west coast are Calwmata on the fruit-
ful plains of Messenia, Navarino which still re-
tains its admirable harbour, Gnstouni towards the
west in the fertile fields of Elis; but Patras, a
place of greater trade than any of them contains

8,000 souls. Maga-Spileon, a convent partly cut
in a rock, the gloomy lake of Stymphali and ma-
ny other places renowned in history are situated
in the interior of that rich peninsula, of which
the produce in corn, grapes, figs, wine, oil, cot
ton. silk and many other articles amounted to
fifteen millions of piasters.    _    

The Greeks,who wander among the ruins of their
ancient glory, have at last shaken off the Turk-
ish yoke ; heroic deeds both on land and sea,
convinced every one that they had awaked from
their long lethargy, but as in ancient times, their
efforts have been enfeebled by internal discord ;
the modern Greeks have unfortunately inherited
the vanity, inconstancy and treachery of their
fathers. Nature has not denied them high intel-
lectual endowments; poets and orators are bore,
amongst them, but their natural abilities are not
improved by cultivation : sarcasm and raillery
supersede argument, and in their deliberations,
a frivolous expression, a single word or gesture is
sufficient to make them unmindful of their most
important interests. The Moraites are less vola-
tile than the townsmen of Romelia, and better
fitted to enjoy the blessings of freedom under a
good government The Athenians have not lost
their ancient urbanity, their accent is more har-
monious than any other in Greece, their language
is less diffuse, and for that reason more energetic.
Their appearance is nearly the same as that of
their ancestors, the women of Athens are still
distinguished by their light figures, the oval
form of the face, the regular contour, the straight

line that marks the profile, full black eyes, high
forehead, red lips, small hands and feet; they
are equally graceful in the mournful dance of
Ariadne and in the rapid mazes of the Romaika.
The simplicity of the ancient dress is in some
degree retained ; a white tunic descends from the
neck and a white mantle covers the arms and falls