VI. 
ATHENS. 
CHAP, appearing with its blue peak towering behind the 
range of Mount Parnes, and possibly PARNASSUS. 
North and by West. 
Part of the range of PARNES; and, nearer to 
the eye, the fine valley or plain of Athens. 
North. 
Has been already noticed. The Circle is there- 
fore here completed. 
The desire of leaving a memorial of the visit 
one has paid to any memorable spot, seems to 
be so natural, that however the practice may 
have been derided, the most eminent travellers, 
in common with the most insignificant, have left 
their names hi some conspicuous situation : 
those of Wheler and Spon have been observed 
upon the walls of the Temple of Theseus; that 
of Shaiu remains in the Franciscan Convent at 
Jerusalem; that of Pococke at Thebes, in Upper 
Egypt; and that of Hasselquist upon the prin- 
cipal pyramid of Memphis. Upon the summit 
of Hymettus no such inscriptions appeared ; but 
the naked surface of the limestone seemed to 
be so well calculated for their preservation, that 
we felt a reluctance to return without carving 
our names upon the top of the mountain. As 
