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inhabitants were shepherds. Here we noticed 
a noble race of dogs, similar to the breed found 
in the province of Abruzzo in Italy; and it is 
somewhat singular that the very spot which 
still bears an appellation derived from the name 
of the mother of AStculapha should be now 
remarkable for the particular kind of animal 
materially connected with his history. It was 
a shepherd's dog who guarded the infant god, when 
exposed upon Mount Titthion*. We bought a 
young one, for ten piastres, of great size and 
beauty. It resembled a wolf, with shining 
black hair. To complete all the circumstances 
of analogy, they had given to it the name of 
Ko>ax/, as if in memory of the *o which 
Apollo set to watch Coronis after she became 
pregnant. Coraki proved a useful companion 
to us afterwards ; as he always accompanied 
our horses, and protected us from the attacks 
of the large dogs swarming in the Turkish 
visited and accurately surveyed by him. Such a work, to use his own 
words, " although it be only calculated to become a-book of reference, and 
not of general entertainment," would be really useful ; and its value 
would be felt, if not by an indolent reader at his fire-side, yet by the 
active and enterprising scholar, who wishes to be guided in his re- 
searches throughout these interesting regions. 
(3) A shepherd's doy was represented as an accompaniment to the 
statue of the tiod, of ivory and gold, in his temple. 
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