ATHENS. 
CHAP. 
V. 
False No- 
tions enter- 
tained of 
the River. 
fortunately, very rare ; and we find that, in this 
instance, the damage done to the remains of the 
temple was made a pretext for extorting fifteen 
purses from the Governor of Athens ; a tax 
levied by the Pasha of Negropont, as expressly 
stated, for the violence committed by the Wai- 
ivode in overthrowing the pillar. 
Descending from the area of the temple 
toward the ILISSUS, we visited the fountain 
CALLIRHOE, sometimes called Enneacrunus 1 . We 
observed niches in the rock, for the votive offerings, 
where there had been a cascade : and hereabouts 
were; in all probability, the altars of .those 
Muses mentioned by Pausanias, who were 
called Ilissiades. Afterwards, as we examined the 
channel of the river, for a considerable extent, 
we found it to exhibit such evident traces of a 
powerful current having worn away the solid 
substance of its rocky bed, that we were 
convinced it could not formerly have been 
characterized by the appearance it now exhibits; 
namely, that of an occasional torrent, sometimes 
dry throughout the entire year. Chandler says, he 
visited it several times after snow had fallen on 
(l) \\\ii.Mmrsii Ceramic. Gemin. c. 14. ap. Gronov. Tfuesavr. Grace, 
torn. IV. p. 982. L. But. 1699. 
