624 ELEUSIS. 
CHAP. Eleusis. These have been since surveyed with 
x. 
j -'- _' so much attention by other travellers, that we 
fcc^untof sna ll merely state such things as may perhaps 
Eiewis. naye esca p ec i their notice. 
Long It has been supposed, that the " Long Walls" 
Walls, . 
of Athens, which extended from the Acropolis to 
the sea, and inclosed the Pirceeus, were a peculiar 
feature of the Athenian city ; but this is by no 
means true. Such a method of connecting the 
harbours with the citadels of Greece, was a very 
general characteristic of the manners of the 
Grecian people, in all places where the Acropolis 
was not actually situate upon the shore. This, 
for example, was the case at Corinth : it may 
also be remarked at Megara, and at Eleusis. 
The Acropolis of Eleusis is half a mile distant 
from the harbour. Between the base of the 
hill upon which the Citadel stood, and the sea, 
this distance is occupied by a small plain; and 
from the number of ruined foundations, the 
vestiges of temples, and of other Hiera, all over 
this plain towards the sea, we were inclined 
to differ from JVheler, and from every other 
traveller, by considering this piece of land as 
the identical spot called KHARTUM; where, 
according to the antient traditions of Eleusis, 
corn was first sown. The severe illness with 
