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this manner. Late in the Evening the Peafant goes . and joggs the Partridges 
to know where they Sleep j then he pitches a Net where he thinks conveni- 
ent, and afterwards puts himfelf under the belly of his Afs, which is trained 
to the fport j and thus both (talking along together, the Peafant with a fwitch 
drives the Partridges into the Net, where they are caught; and this fport 
is the better, becaufe P^rmW^a are very Plentiful there. There are belidés 
other Valleys with Water-fprings in them, that turn Mills for the ufe of 
the People. There are feveral Monafteries inthislfland, one of which ought 
to be very Ancient -, for it is built in form of a Tower upon a Hill. There 
Fanaromeni. is another called Fanaromeni, dedicated to the Virgin ^ becaufe a Picture of 
the Virgin was found in that Place ^ which is held in great Veneration, and 
called Faneromeni it is not long fince that Monaftery was built, and contains 
threefcore and ten Rooms or Chambers, befides thofe that are under Ground 
the Church is fmall, but well built and beautified ^ It is ferved by ten Monks, 
all Countrey Clowns , who have no Learning ; end not only there, 
but over all the Ifles of the Ârchifelago -, they are fo ignorant, that it may 
be faid of - them Jgnoto Deo, and it is irapoffible but that Vice mull reign, 
where People are fo ignorant of the commands of God, and where there is 
fo much Idlenefs and Drunkennefs. Threfcore miles from the Town, there 
is a Tower, and another Church alfo, dedicated to the Virgin, named T^^/^ ; 
in that place there is a Spring of as good Water as can be defired, and a Monk 
and fome Shepherds live there j the people of the Ifland often go thither out 
of Devotion, and not without much Pain, becaufe of the troublefome Hills 
and Valleys that are in the way. About fix miles from thence near the Sea, 
overagainft the Ifle of Nicaria, there is to be feen upon a very fieep aud rug- 
TheCattleof ged Mountain, fome mines of the Caflle of j^pollo, and it is a wonder how 
Amelia. j-j^gy could carry up Stones to Build it. The wall is eight hand breadth 
thick; it is not carried on to the Sea on the Eaft-fide, becaufe there is no 
going up to it on that fide but by a very dangerous place ; but on the South 
Eafl and South- fide it is built of Stone and Bitumen" down to the Sea. In 
that Caftle there are feveral Houfes. and Ciflerns for Water. In the neigh- 
bourhood of it are four little Towns very well Inhabited. In thefe Quarters 
there are alfo many Goat-heards that keep Goats, and the Hills are full 
The Ledum of an Herb which Matl^olus calls Ledim^ and the Modern Greeks Kijfaros j 
ot Mdtkiolus. vvhen the Goats feed on that Herb, a certain vifcous Dew that is upon it, 
Kipros an fl;ic]^s to their Beards, and there congeals into a kind of Gum, of a very good 
laudanum a. f^^^^^î which they Ladanum^ and Vulgarly Laudanum, and cannot be gathered 
Gum."" without cutting off of the Goats Beards. As you go to the Town, there is 
PamiUa. a Caftle upon a very high Hill, which commands all the Villages of Darmilla. 
^mngyk. Near the Town upon a Rock, called heretofore Strongyk^ is the Palace of the 
Palace of God Bacchus^ fo called in ancient Times ; it is an hundred Foot in length, and 
^ fifty in breadth, and built of very white Marble, each Stone being fixteen 
hands long, and feven hands thick, which were all faftened together with Iron 
and Lead. The Gate is thirty two hands high, and fixteen wide ; its lintel is 
of four pieces. There is no Infcription to be feen upon it, they being all 
eaten out by the Sea and Weather ; but there are two Cifterns clofe by it. 
The Turks and others carry away Marble daily from that Palace, for making 
of Gates, Windows, Mortars, Chefts, and fuch like things -, nay, and Turbans 
alfo, to be put at the ends of Graves, according to the cuftome of the Turks. 
ThtÇzmt Bacchus^ (as the Inhabitants fay ) made an Aquedud; that brought 
Water from a very diftant Spring ^ but having carried it on as far as the Shoar, 
he Died, and tha,t foit was never perfedted ; however the Chanels of it are 
to be feen. Bacchus was the God of Wine, and therefore the Inhabitants of 
Nixia are fo great Drunkards. It was in this Ifland, that the perfidious wretch 
The place The feus abandoned the poor Ariadne^v^ho had delivered him out of the Labyrinth 
hr%lk AriA-^^^ -6^ccÂ>«j finding her forfaken and forlorn, took her for his Wife.The Tow- 
er and Ducal Palace are ftill in being in the Town. There are two Arch-Bifliops 
in this Town, a Latin^ and a Greek^: The Cathedral Church of the Latin Arch- 
Bi(hop,is dedicated to the alFumption of our Lady , and is very handfome, it hath 
a Steeple with three Bells in it ; feveral Relicks of Saints, are kept in the Church, 
and it is ferved by fix Canons, and feven other Prielts and Clerks, who are 
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