ISLAND OF NAXOS. 
the island or to the Turkish Government: we 
found them tending their sheep and goats in this 
wild part of Naxos, like a race of primeval shep- 
herds 3 . They brought us some sheep soon 
after our arrival; descending the rocks with 
their bare feet, and wearing upon their legs the 
cothurnus, in its most antient form, made of the 
undressed skins of their goats, with the hair on 
the outside. Whence they came, or who they 
were, we could not learn; for they said they 
had little connection with any of the villages of 
the island, nor any settled place of residence ; 
that they had neither wives nor houses ; sleep- 
ing at night behind some bush, in the open air, 
and labouring merely for subsistence, without a 
thought of riches. They had all the same kind 
of clothing: it consisted of a woollen jacket, 
and short trowsers, of their own manufacture, 
(3) According to HERODOTUS, the most antient inhabitants of Naxot 
were a race of lonians. ARISTOTLE relates, that the most wealthy of 
them lived in the town, and that the rest were scattered about, among 
the villages, in different parts of the island. A very antient Inscription 
found near the base of Zia (AIA), the principal mountain, which is 
preserved by Span and by Tournefort, will prove that the pastures of 
Naxos had invited shepherds in a very early age. It consists only of 
three words, OPO 2 AIOS MEAXISIOT, " Mountain f Jupiter, Guardian 
of Flocks," The title of Shepherd, as applied to the Deity, is of great 
antiquity. It is often found in Scripture. "GIVE EAR, OTHOU SHEP- 
HERD OF ISRAEL!" (Psa/mlxxx. 1.) "THE LORD is MY SHEPHERD- 
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES: HE LEADETH ME 
BESIDE THE STILL WATERS." Psalm XXlii. 1, 3. 
