ATHENS. 
mountainets, hills, and rocks. Parnes, Pentelicus, 
and Hymettus, are all barren, and, from this 
elevation, seem to be destitute of trees. 
North- West and by North. 
Exceeding high mountains of BCEOTIA and 
PHOCIS ; one, nearer to the eye, shaped like a 
saddle, forming a range with Parneshom E.N.E. 
to w. s.w. In this direction, and immediately 
under the view, lies the double-rock of Anches- 
mus, in the Athenian plain, to the east of Athens. 
With regard to the distant mountains, they are 
probably HELICON, now Zagara, and CITH^ERON, 
now Elatcea. Wheler lays the first N.W. by w.; 
and the second, he says, begins N.W. by w. 
and ends N.W. by x. 
North North- West. 
Another distant and very lofty mountain, 
article of daily food. But immense supplies of corn were constantly 
imported from Sicily, Egypt, and the Euxine. Attica was not able to 
maintain her inhabitants : these we may calculate, in the year 312 
A.C. at 524,000 ; supposing the text in Athenseus to.be not corrupted. 
There were 21,000 citizens, and 10,000 strangers : allowing to each of 
these a wife and two children, we have the T umber of free persons, 
124,000; and adding the slaves, (according to 4then<eus,} 400,000, we 
find 521,000 to be the aggregate. Attica contained 865 square 
leagues." ffalpole's MS. Journal. 
