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by nic of air I faw j which one day, if it pleafe God, I may flicw 
you. 
Ihebes is a large Town, but I found few Antiquities in ir, ex- 
cepting fonielnfcriptions and Fragments of the Old Wall, and 
oneGate, which, they fay, was left by Alexander ^ when he de- 
niolifii't the reft. It i$ about fome fifty miles diftant from Athens^ 
as I judge, 
Corinthh two dales journey diftant : the Caftle or 'AxfoyJe^jOiS- 
is ftanding, whichis very large> The main of the Town is de- 
iBolifii't, and thehoufcs, which now arefcatter'd, and a great di* 
ftance from one another. So is Arg9Sy^\\\c\\ to go round would be 
fome four or five miles, as the houies now ftand • but if they ftood 
together, they would fcarce exceed a good Village. NapoU della 
RumilU is a large town, and full of Inhabitants , and cheBafliaof 
the Morea refides there : It is but very few leagues diftant from 
Argos, 
5]p^r^4 is quite forfaken ; and Mejlra is the Town which is in- 
habited , four miles diftant from it. But one fees great ruines 
thereabout; almoft all the Walls, feveral towers ^ind foundations 
of Temples with pillars and chapitres demolifli't: A Theatre 
pretty entire. It might have been anciently fome five miles in 
compafs; anJabout a quarter of a mile diftant from the River 
Eurotus, The Plain of Sparta and of Laconia is very fruitful,and 
long, and well watered. It will be about eighty miles in length, 
as I judge. The Mountains on the Weft-fide of it very high, the 
higheft 1 have yet feen in Greece \ the Maniotes inhabit them. 
But rhe Plain of Cdmatta^ which anciently was that of Meffene^ 
feems rather richer. Corone is very abundant in Olives. ^Havar" 
rino^ which is edeem'd the ancient J^/o/, hath a very ftrongCaftle, 
fortified by the Turks, and is the beft Port in all the Morea. Al^ 
fheus is much the beft River, and the deepeft , and with great rea- 
fon extolled by all the ancient Poets, and chofen for the feat of 
the Olympick Games 5 for its very pleafant. The Plains of Elis 
arc very goodly and large, fit to breath Horfes in,and for hunting 5 
but not fo fruitful as that of jirgos and Meffene^ which are all 
riches. The beft Woods I faw \x\ P eloponne Jus zxtiho^toi 
chaU^ abounding with Fines and wild Pear ^ the Ilex and 
Efculus-txtts y and, where there runs water, with Plane- 
trees. 
ArsadU 
