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Convent pays to the Grand Signior Five hundred Ttaftres a Year, but it has 
above Threefcore thoufand Piaftres of yearly Revenue, and they have a Trea- 
furvwhere they keep above a Million of Gold: They confeiTed to me them- 
felves that almoft two Thirds of the Ifland belonged to them ; for moft Peo- 
ple that die leave them fome Houfes, fome Lands, and fome Money, which 
ftiews that it is not only among Roman Catholicks , that Monks enjoy the 
Eftates of feveral Koufes and Families. They have two great Bells m this Con- i^eils at Ria- 
vent, which pleafed me a little when I heard them Ring, becaufe for a long ^^^^^^^^^ 
time I had not heard the found of any ; the Turks allowing them to Chriltians ui., 
no where elfe, but in the Ifland of Chio^ where there are little ones in every Vil- 
lage. Without the Convent there is an Aquedud of very good Water, for 
the ufe of the Caloyers. After 1 had fufficiently Repofed my felf in that Convent, 
I took my way to the Town, and a little wide of the way to the Right Hand, 
I faw the Church , called the Incoronata , which belongs to the Dominicans. 
Anotherdayl went to fee Homcr\ School, which is by the Sea-fide, about 2i«omr\ 
Mile from Chio-, it is a Rock fomewhat rifing, and thereon fas it werej a 
fquare Altar about three Foot every way, cut out of the fame Rock, and round 
it there are fome Beaftsreprefented in relief ; I obferved an Ox, a Wolf, and 
fuch others, and that is it they call the School of Homer. Not far from thence 
there is Village, called where they makeCharcole and Pitch ; it con- 
tains about an Hundred and fifty Inhabitants , and thofe of Chio fay , that 
Homer was born there : Near to it there is a Vineyard, that produces very 
good Wine, which is commonly called Homers Vineyard ; though there are 
others who fay, that it is near a Village called CardamiU, ten Miles diftanC 
from the other, and two Miles from the Sea, where there is a good Har- 
bour. 
CHAP. LXIII. 
Of fome Villages of the Ife of Chio. 
H Ere I fliall mention the chief Villages of thelfle of Chio^ which I did not 
fee, but according as a Manufcript Relation that came to my Hands, 
Written by one who lived feveral Years in that Ifland, has informed me. The 
Village of Cardamila, which we jufi: now mentioned, contains about Five CardmiU, 
hundred Inhabitants j the Country about it is beautified by many fair Water 
Springs, and is very Fertile, yielding Yearly about an Hundred and fixty, or 
feventy Tuns of Wine : Some years ago , feveral pieces of Gold, Silver, 
and Copper Money of the Empereur Conftanttne^ were found there. Five 
Miles from that Village, there is a lovely Valley, half a Mile long, and there- A lovely 
in a Spring of Water, to which one goes down by a Stair-cafe of thirty lovely V^iUey in the 
Marble fteps. At the farther end of this Valley there was a Temple, built all ^''^of^'^'"* 
of pieces of Alh-coloured Marble, eight Hands breadth long, and fix broad, ^ 
which were well faftned together with Iron and Lead ; but the Country People 
have broken thefe fine Stones, to get out the MettaL That place is called - 
Naos ( that is to fay ) Temple, the Gentlemen of Chio go commonly there for ^^^osl 
their Diverfion. Beyond that, there is a Village, called Vichi, inhabited by 
Three hundred Souls, and hath a Church dedicated to the Virgin. Farther 
on is Camhia^ containing an hundred Inhabitants ; this place lies araongft cmhU, 
Rocks Hills, and Woods of wild Pine-trees, and there it is that they Fell 
the Timber for Building of Galleys ; there are feveral Churches here and there 
among the Mountains. Below this Village is a Valley, where there is a little 
Caflle built upon a Rock, that is almoft Inaccefllble. The Inhabitants of the 
place, fay, that formerly there was a Dragon found under thatCaftle. Over The Mount 
againfc that place is the Mount of St. Uias-, which is the higheft place of all 
O the 
