Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . isaea and Jlinoa, and losing them-selves in the swamps bi)rdering that bay. Althoughvestiges of the walls are not found in the bed of the MEGARA. 315 river, yet, on examining the ground near it, theevidence is convincing that its present course doescross their site, as, at a short distance from it, on theJlegarian side, their foundations may be traced in adirection transverse to the course of the river, andtowards the castellated hill before mentioned. Thedry watercourse on the western side of this isolatedhill can be traced to within two or three hund
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . isaea and Jlinoa, and losing them-selves in the swamps bi)rdering that bay. Althoughvestiges of the walls are not found in the bed of the MEGARA. 315 river, yet, on examining the ground near it, theevidence is convincing that its present course doescross their site, as, at a short distance from it, on theJlegarian side, their foundations may be traced in adirection transverse to the course of the river, andtowards the castellated hill before mentioned. Thedry watercourse on the western side of this isolatedhill can be traced to within two or three hundredyards of the eastern one; and having no communi-cation with any other mountain stream, it may notbe unreasonable to suppose that formerly the riversplit there into two branches or mouths. This hillwould then have been an island, as Thucydides callsJlinoa. The subsequent deposit of earth broucrlitdown by the above mentioned stream, would havejoined the hill to the mainland. The accompanying map and drawing are takenfrom Lieut. >afW-^ 31INOA. KISAEA.
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