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gulf [the Saroni une o'clock. .. . At eight iid
o’clock in the ever 1 at Kulamaki. On the Zn. ss.
beach were two person “ith a blazing torch and spear.
We entered she 4: mhials were on a littie bar,
behind which sat the master. Lt the other ends of the room
were raised platforms of wo stages, reaching to the ceiling,
or rather roof (for there was 10 1nterior covering), on which
the travellers nad spread mats, and ou some of which their
snoring occupunts were reposing for the night, whilst others
were sitting smoking their Pipes. An oflicer in the new
uniform, and another in the Albanian dress, were sitting ata
little table taking their supper with their fingers from the
same dish. A little wood fire was blazing at one side of the
room, upon which was some hot water, and by the side huang
coffev-pots of every size, from the bigness of a thimble
upwards. A large mortar of marble stood by the side of the
fire, into which the coffee-gruins were thrown by the servant,
and pounded with a pestie, previous to being boiled for his
customers, This custom of pounding instead of grinding the
coffee, is I believe, universal in the Easy,
“We found a proprietor of a boat from the other side of
the isthmus, and engaged with him to take us to Patras for
twelve dollars. "V. hired horses and set off across the
isthmus, a distancs “ab sli miles to Loutraki, The
night was clear and cool, and the moon at early its full ;
the scenery of -- mountainous end rugged neck “of land
which we tr cv and of the gulfs on each side, was
POMANtC. +. ou te raw 1s caves and hollows in the
sides of the i. Ȣ women and children
were thrug, . WAT.
“We g-. --, and set sail down the
gulf « - oul. for Patras. Parnassus on our
Fighy, covered wiwa saow—a cold bed for the muses! On
#1 sido the hills ave crowned vith muow. 2: might tha