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bour, were nearly perfect in the sea below. The account given by 

 Strabo and Pausanias, of the distance of Anthedon from Thebes, and 

 other places, made it likely that this was the situation of Anthedon, 

 the last town of the Boeotian confederacy on this side, until Larymna 

 joined it. Our road continued to run at a little distance from the 

 sea, but parallel to the coast, over some low rising ground, for the 

 most part uncultivated. In four hours from Negropont, we arrived 

 at Potsomathi, a large deep bay, surrounded on three sides by high 

 and abrupt mountains. We reached a small uncultivated valley at 

 its head, only remarkable for some fine springs, which rose near the 

 sea-side. From this valley an exceedingly bad and steep scala formed 

 our road, as we ascended the side of the mountain ; we toiled la- 

 boriously up in hopes of finding Martino at the summit, but were 

 mortified by hearing from a man whom we met, that we could not 

 reach it in five hours. As the evening came on, and we had lost 

 our way, we rode to some fires which were burning at a distance, but 

 the shepherds heard our approach, and ran off, apprehending that we 

 were a party of the Pasha's Albanians. We were at last fortunate 

 enough to find a lad who conducted us through the remainder of our 

 road to Martino. 



This village contains about 100 houses, and is situated on a hill 

 commanding a view over an extensive country, cultivated only near 

 the town. At two hours, distance on the sea-coast, are considerable 

 remains of a Greek city, which, I suppose, is the ancient La- 

 rymna. The lower part of the town wall, of excellent masonry, still 

 remains nearly perfect, and points out the extent of the town, 

 which covered a considerable spot on the coast, as well as a small 

 peninsula, included within the circuit; on each side of the isthmus of 

 this peninsula, was a small harbour, formed by the projection of 

 piers, which left only a space for the entrance of ships. The wall, 

 flanked with towers, was carried along the sea-side, as well as towards 

 the land. The whole of the area included, is covered with remains 

 of building, but no foundation of public edifices, nor pieces of sculp- 

 ture, could be seen. Without the walls, a large sarcophagus re- 



