390 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, pronounced Epi-atha, the A sounding like our 
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v.-.iy ' TH, harsh, as in t hee and thou. It is laid down 
in some Italian maps under the name of Piada. 
The pilot now confessed that he had never 
heard of such a port as Pidauro in his life. As 
it would have been a vain undertaking to 
navigate any longer under such auspices, we 
came to the resolution of dismissing our caique 
altogether. We therefore sent back the pilot to 
JEgina; ordering the good Captain to wait 
there with his vessel for the return of Lusieri 
and the Calmuck ; and promising him, if he con- 
veyed them in safety to the Pir&eus, to give 
him, in addition to his stipulated hire, a silver 
coffee-cup, to be made by an Athenian silver- 
smith, and to be inscribed with his name, 
as a token of our acknowledgments for the 
many services he had done for us. The poor 
man seemed to think this cup of much more 
importance than any payment we had before 
agreed to make; and we left him, to commence 
our tour in the PELOPONNESUS. 
The road from the port to the town of 
EPIADA extends through olive-plantations and 
vineyards. The town itself is situate upon a 
lofty ridge of rocks, and was formerly pro- 
tected by an old castle, still remaining. In 
