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we thought the string quite endless, and out of 

 mere curiosity commenced counting, when, to our 

 astonishment, no less than three hundred more 

 passed us, so that in the whole, we calculated 

 there were not less than six hundred horses. 

 Wondering what this could mean, we commenced 

 making inquiries concerning them, as soon as 

 they all had passed, and found them to be Kra- 

 variots, wealthy, honest, and industrious Greeks, 

 possessing large flocks and herds, who live mostly 

 in tents on the mountains during the summer, on 

 account of the pasturage for their flocks, as well 

 as to avoid the plains during the unhealthy season, 

 whither they return in the winter and pitch their 

 tents. 



It appears that these are a gipsey kind of peo- 

 ple, who are ever on the move, never having any 

 fixed or known place of abode. They are, how- 

 ever, properly speaking, natives of the mountains, 

 who migrate to the lower grounds for the cold 

 season. They always travel in large companies, 

 and are generally preceded by their flocks. The 

 numbers we met were most astonishing, and I 

 noticed some very good-looking horses amongst 

 them. As we were entering Larissa, we met some 



