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nothing very remarkable ; but Bkndi^ that bath written our Eng- 
lifli Hiftory, was of it. Trau is ancient, and bath good marks of 
its being fo. Here I fpoke with Doftor Stajileo , who put out 
that fragment of FetrontM Arbiter and I faw bis Manu- 
fcript. 
1 was in the harbour of Ragufi, but not in the town, becaufe 
we made no ftay there. From hence we paft the gulf of Ef^dua, 
and faw the Mountains of Antivm , the Plain of Durazzo and 
ApUomay and came tovj^^/^i» a fraall Ifland, from whence we 
coutdfeethe town of Valona^ and the mountains Acroceramii ^ 
which are very near, and are now called Mountains of Chi- 
I ftay'd a fortnight in Corf»^ and bad time to view all that was 
confiderable in the Ifland, particularly the Gardens of Alcimpfs^ 
that is, the place where they are fuppofed to have been, now cal- 
led Chryfida ^ a moft delicious fcituation : The ancient Port, now 
called Nfje£f3rtMCOTt , and fcveral foundations of ancient fabncks, 
InZante I was likewift a fortnight , where I faw bur little of 
Antiquity: What is Modern, is very flourilhing , and the Ifland 
rich and plentiful. 
I went iromZAnte lo Fatras^ a town in j4chaia, of good note 
among the Ancients, Near it is a great Mountain, mentioned by 
Homer by the name of JPetra Olenia. In the town are feveral 
maflive ruines, which few there know how to give any account of. 
There are the remains of a large Church, dedicated to Si. Andrea^ 
who, they fay, was Martyr'd there. This is ihe firft town I faw 
on the Continent of Greece. The Plain about it is very fruitful, 
full of fprings and rivolets; finely wooded with Olive-trees, 
Cyprefles,Orangeand Lemon-trees* The Citrons here are counted 
among the befl of the Turkijh Empire, and are fent for Pre- 
fents to Conjiantimfle^ So are all their Fruits in very good 
efteem. 
In Athens I have fpent tw© months* Next to Rme I judge it 
the moft worthy to be feen for Antiquities of any I have yet 
been at. The Temple of Minerva is as entire as the Rotunda, I 
was three times in it,and took all the dimenfions, with what exaft* 
nefs I could; but it is difficult, becaufe the Caftle of Athens^n 
which it ftands, is a garrifon ^ and the Turks are jealous , and bru- 
tilhly barbarous, if they take notice that any meafures it. The 
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