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countrymen who voluntarily undertook this CHAP. 
voyage for the mere gratification of classical 
taste and literary curiosity. The original edition 
of Guilletieres work appeared in Paris in January 
1675. In the beginning of June in the same 
year, JVheler " hastened to Venice" (it is his 
own expression 1 ,) after his travels in France 
and Italy, in search of Dr. Spon, to accompany 
him upon a similar voyage. It is therefore 
highly probable that the success of Guilletieres 
expedition excited JVheler to this sudden under- 
taking : that he had seen his work is evident, 
for he cites it, calling its author De la Guiltier*, 
and Guiltier*; and although he speak rather 
lightly of his predecessor 4 , he sometimes co- 
pies him without owning his obligation 5 . His 
(1) Wheler's Journey into Greece, p. 1. Land. 1682. 
(2) Ibid. p. 340. 
(3) Ibid. p. 363. 
(4) " But not as Monsieur Guiltier affirmeth" . ..." My com- 
panion and I were not so much surprized, &c. as Monsieur Guiliter" 
those marvelous stones Monsieur Guiliter makes such a 
miracle of" .... &c. Jlid. 
(5) Of this, several instances may be pointed out, where the transcript 
is as literal as it can be from one language into another. " A regard 
du langage, il est le plus pur, et le moins corrompu de la Grce." 
(Guillet, p. 155. Paris, 1675.) " The Athenians seem to retain more 
of the antient Greek in their language than the rest of the Modern 
Greeks do." (If heler's Journey into Greece, p. 355. Lend. 1682.) And, 
after all, this is not true; for the purest Greek is not spoken in Athens. 
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