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we undertook a task of less difficulty ; namely, CHAP. 
that of making a panoramic survey of all the < v < 
principal objects ; noting their situation accord- 
ing to the points of a mariner's compass, which 
we placed upon the upmost pinnacle of the 
mountain ; beginning with the north point, and 
proceeding regularly from left to right, so as 
to complete an entire circumference, whose 
centre is the summit of Hymettus. 
PANORAMIC SURVEY of ATTICA, the MGEA.N 
SEA, &c. from the Summit of HYMETTUS. 
North. 
PARNES Mountain, and the valley east of Panoramic 
Athens, leading to Pentelicus : the highest point of the 
of Parne& bearing due north. 
North North-East. 
A very high mountain covered with snow, of 
a conical form, but at so great a distance that 
we could not decide with certainty as to its 
name : possibly it may have been the mountain 
mentioned by Wheler, belonging to Eubcea, and 
now called Delphi 1 ; but the bearing, according 
(1) See Journey into Greece, p. 410. Land. 1682, 
