. Travels in northern Greece. of either mountain, we arrive at Dhragomi, a large village two miles dis-tant, on the last slope of Mount Kurila, whichhere rises in majestic precipices above it. LikeGardhiki, it is chiefly inhabited by Mussulmans,and abounds in fountains and gardens. Fromhence, as far as the termination of the mountainat the pass of Elefthero-khori, the summit isclothed with a continued forest of fir. A guard of Suliotes from Glyky who accom-pany us on foot seem quite insensible to the heatof the morning, and without halting outwalk ourhorses and keep always in fron
. Travels in northern Greece. of either mountain, we arrive at Dhragomi, a large village two miles dis-tant, on the last slope of Mount Kurila, whichhere rises in majestic precipices above it. LikeGardhiki, it is chiefly inhabited by Mussulmans,and abounds in fountains and gardens. Fromhence, as far as the termination of the mountainat the pass of Elefthero-khori, the summit isclothed with a continued forest of fir. A guard of Suliotes from Glyky who accom-pany us on foot seem quite insensible to the heatof the morning, and without halting outwalk ourhorses and keep always in front, alleging thatthey have some apprehensions from the inhabitantsof Karvuniari in the Margariti hills. Continuing 12 V xxxv.] EPIRUS. 59 our route along the middle of the valley, we arriveat at a ruin of the annexed form, situatedin the middle of the plain. It appears to havebeen a temple of the time of the Roman empire,which was afterwards converted into a is known only by the name of to ^aXarr^a, orthe Above it, towards the mountain, is Karioti, be-tween which and another small village namedVeliani the ruins of the acropolis of a Creek cityare distinguishable from our road, surrounding atable summit at the foot of the cliffs of MountKurila. From the Khalasma it takes us fortyminutes to reach the middle of the town of Para-mythia. Paramythia occupies the entire side of a hillwhich rises to half the height of Mount Kurila,and is separated only by a small space from itscliffs. Like the generality of Albanian towns, itcovers a large space of ground, and is dividedinto clusters of houses, occupied by apia, or 60 EPIRUS. [chap. family alliances, which often make war upon oneanother when in want of an external the reduction of the place by the Vezir,there were 600 inhabited houses, but many fami-lies having fled with Isliam Pronio, Alys chiefopponent, there are now not more than 400 Musul-man and 40 Greek. The houses are built of theroughly hewn
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