1822.] 
About twenty minutes’ walk from this 
village is Kato Klysma, the last in the 
island on that side towards Andros: it 
is situated in a plain near the marshes, 
a quarter of an hour’s walk from the 
little port of Kolyinbythra. ‘The inha- 
bitants of both the Iast-mentioned 
places belong to the Latin church. 
A sandy road leads from Kato-Klysma 
to Aghapi, upon which we traverse the 
Perastra, and pass four mills. Enter- 
ing Aghapi, which is pretty large, we 
observe the fountain of the place, and 
a small rivulet. Aghapi is situated 
upon aheight about three quarters of a 
mile from the sea to the north of 
Selina, a wretched port, opposite to 
which the sea is of a considerable 
depth. Sklavo Chorio is another large 
village situated on a height, but very 
thinly peopled. Tripotamos, another 
large village to the right of this, is so 
called from its three little rivulets : the 
people are all of the Greek church. 
Besides a number of villages, the de- 
scription of which offers little or no 
variety, there is another town in the 
Katomeri much larger than San 
Nicolo, namely, Oxomeria: this is 
situated on the side of the island near- 
est Andros, and has six villages 
within the circuit of its territory. The 
village of Arnatho, opposite the port 
of St. John, being situated upon thé 
summit of a mountain, appears at a 
distance like a pigeon-house, and near 
this is a convent of Greek Religious, 
called Ghynekio Monastiri. 
In the interior of the island, and 
particularly all round the borders, we 
frequently meet with the ruins of 
towers and other buildings, apparently 
relics of former grandeur, and at least 
suggesting the idea that the place has 
been much more populous than at pre- 
sent. However, from whatever point 
of view our observations may be 
directed, five or six villages may 
always be seen at once, with a great 
number of little churches and dove- 
houses built round the villages. There 
are several very high mountains in the 
interior of the Apanomeri, though the 
Borgo surpasses all the rest; from its 
summit the neighbouringisles are easily 
discerned. To the west of Tinos we 
see the isle of Joura, Syra on the 
south-west, Andros on the north-west, 
Delos pretty near to the south east, 
Paros to the south, Samos and Wicaria 
to the east, and Mycona to the south- 
east. 
The land-winds from the narrow- 
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On the Actual State of the Greek Islands. 113 
gorges, or passages between the moun- 
tains, are sometimes so terrible when 
they rise into hurricanes, that a part of 
the coast called Ziknia is extremely 
dangerous. 'The seamen, who are 
not insensible of the hazard they run 
when coasting this part, never neglect 
striking their sails even in the calmest 
weather, with a view to anticipate the 
effects of these sudden and impetuous 
gusts. The climate of Tinos is very 
mild, and is only distinguished by the 
frequent rains. Snow falls very sel- 
dom, and ice may be said to be almost 
unknown here: the inhabitants also 
know very little of hail, which is here 
of the smallest kind, being about the 
size of a small grey pea; the sky is 
almost always clear. Rain is scarce in 
Summer, but violent thunder-storms 
occasionally happen, which destroy the 
produce of the husbandmanand spread 
desolation throughout the country. 
Whenthe torrents are precipitated from 
the mountains, nothing can withstand 
their fury ; enclosures are often over- 
thrown, and the earth swept away and 
trees torn up by the roots, in conse- 
quence of the impetuosity of the wa- 
ters. The Sirocco, which sometimes 
blows here, is generally accompanied 
by thick clouds, which collect in the 
south and darken the air: thunder and 
lightning are also frequent in summer 
during storms, and at other times, but 
it is very seldom that any object is 
struck by the lightning. When it 
happens that the inhabitants are dis- 
tressed for water, those both of the 
Greek and Latin persuasion repair to 
their respective churches to implore 
the divine favour. On these occasions 
they go in procession from one church 
to another, singing hymnsand canticles 
composed for that purpose. After this 
the sight of acharged cloud over their 
heads would make them extremely 
happy, if they did not then begin to 
dispute about which of them it was 
owing to, that the wrath of heaven was 
appeased. Each party attributes this 
success to itself; they grow warm, and, 
becoming exasperated, the discussion 
is often finished by serious quarrels, 
and even bloodshed. In general, all 
through the Archipelago, an inveterate 
hatred subsists between the Christians 
of the Greek and Latin church; this 
hatred springing from a religious 
principle, is always implacable, and 
leads to the most fatal excesses. 
These superstitious ideas, however, 
lose much of their rancour in the 
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