58 LEAVE BAZEERYAN. 



road over the mountains, available at all seasons, 

 to Almalee, which is twenty-four hours journey 

 from the village. 



Very much dissatisfied with the result of our 

 morning's labours, we descended to the village 

 about noon, and finding our horses ready for 

 continuing the journey, we put them in motion 

 towards the village of Saaret, said to be only 

 four hours distant, with the intention of exa- 

 mining the ruins seen there by Sir C. Fellows, and 

 supposed by him to be those of the ancient city 

 of Phellus, said to have been situated opposite to 

 the Island of Megiste. Before leaving, however, 

 some of the inhabitants of Bazeer-yan keui, wish- 

 ed to conduct us to a tomb and some sculpture, 

 which they told us was to be seen on a ridge 

 about one mile south of the village ; but, as 

 this would prevent our reaching Saaret before 

 dark, and we had already experienced disap- 

 pointment from their misrepresentations, we 

 were unwilling to sacrifice the time for an un- 

 certain result, and therefore proceeded. In 

 half an hour we crossed over the ridge which 

 extends to form the east point of the Bay of 

 Kalamaki. As our servant Pagniotti had been 

 with Sir C. Fellows, we trusted to his recollec- 



