382 VOYAGE TO ,EGINA. 
CHAP. Here we landed; and found precisely the sort of 
< v- - base alluded to by the historian ; partly cut in 
of this" 9 the natural rock, and partly an artificial struc- 
ture ; so that a person ascended to the Soros, 
as by steps, from the shore of the sea. Our 
position of the tomb may be liable to dispute : 
the Reader, having the facts stated, will deter- 
mine for himself. Of the Soros, not a trace is 
Monu- 
ment. 
now remaining. 
objects As we sailed from the Piraeus, we soon per- 
paSnVthe ccived. the Acropolis of Corinth, and, behind it, 
Guiph. high mountains which were much covered by 
clouds, although the day was remarkably fine. 
We lost some time in the harbour, and were 
afterwards detained by calms. About three 
o'clock, p. M. we passed a small island, called 
Bdbina. Belbina by D'Anville 1 . About an hour before, 
we had observed the thermometer, in the 
middle of the gulph : the mercury then stood at 
68 of Fahrenheit. A mountain of very great 
elevation was now visible behind the 1 fty rock 
of the Corinthian Citadel, and at a great distance. 
(l) Its modern name is Lavousa, according to D'dnville's Chart of 
the ARCHIPELAGO. Chandler considers the Island of Belbina as lying 
towards the mouth of the Gulph. See Travels in Greece, p. II. Ojcf. 
1776. 
