A tour in Greece, 1880 . break thesesticks over their backs, and to fine them lialf their pay, andthat if they do anything of the kind again, we certainly shall. Dragoman. The gentlemen are not pleased with your con-duct, and will be less pleased each time that you repeat it. Finding it hopeless to try to communicate our true sen-timents through such a medium, we lay aside our habitualreserve and address a few observations to the men of the After this episode, we proceed pleasantly onwards down tlieP leus. ^.^|_^^ bank of the river, over low sandy hills covered with veg- etatio
A tour in Greece, 1880 . break thesesticks over their backs, and to fine them lialf their pay, andthat if they do anything of the kind again, we certainly shall. Dragoman. The gentlemen are not pleased with your con-duct, and will be less pleased each time that you repeat it. Finding it hopeless to try to communicate our true sen-timents through such a medium, we lay aside our habitualreserve and address a few observations to the men of the After this episode, we proceed pleasantly onwards down tlieP leus. ^.^|_^^ bank of the river, over low sandy hills covered with veg- etation of every size and colour—dark pines blending withthe light green of the shrubs, and set off here and there by aJudas-tree in the deep pink of its full bloom. Even the rainand mist fail to destroy the soft beauty of this valley, so un-like the majestic but arid glories of the north and At al)Out five oclock, rounding a turn in the road, we sud- denly found ourselves in the rear of a considerable assem-. OLYMPIA. 179 blage, consisting of the entire population of Olympia, headedby their eparch. Our arrival lost some of its dignity, owingto that gentlemans very reasonable expectation that we shouldchoose the lower road, which was considerably shorter thanthe one we had taken, and also offered the great advantage ofpassing the water by a bridge. But then the guide had neverbeen over it, and was therefore wholly incapable of realisingits existence; and our landlord at Tsakha was of course un-likely to mention it when he saw his chance of leading usover the ford, and thereby extorting a profit. The eparchhad therefore sent troops to the bridge to bring us up in state,and was looking out for us in quite another direction. Hewas a little disappointed, but still had the satisfaction ofleading us in triumph round the base of Mount Kronioninto the Altis, or sacred precincts, where the excavationswere going on. Arrived in this wondrous spot, where the liberality anddisin
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