CAVE OF THE NEME.EAN LION. 523 
that they may be easily guided to the spot. It 
is situate upon the top of the mountain, just 
before the ..descent begins towards Nemea, but 
upon the side of it which regards the Gulph 
ofArgos ; commanding a view of all the country 
in that direction. If it be visited from Nemea, 
its bearing by the compass, from the three 
columns of the Temple of Jupiter, is due south- 
east ; those columns being on the north-west side 
of Tretus, and at the base of the mountain ; and 
this cave at the summit, on the contrary side, 
facing Argos and Nauplia. It consists simply of 
an overhanging rock in the midst of thickets, 
on the left side of the road from Nemea to 
Argos \ forming a shed, where the shepherds 
sometimes pen their folds. As the situation is 
lofty, we made the following observations by a 
small pocket compass. 
A pointed summit, called the Peak of Giria, or Gerio, an- 
tiently Mons Gerania, the most distant object s.w. &by\v. 
Citadel of Argos s. s. w. 
Citadel of Nauplia s. 
Citadel of Corinfh E. N. E. 
Below the eye, in this direction, the site of Cleovce may 
be discerned in the few remaining vestiges of thkt city. 
This is the only cave of any description that 
