5G6 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, unopened ; and some are entirely concealed, the 
N - ,. entrances being either buried beneath large 
stones, or covered by soil and vegetation. 
We spent the rest of this day in the examina- 
tion of the Isthmus, but observed nothing which 
could be considered as the slightest indication 
of the place where the Games were celebrated. 
Chandler had evidently laid down the spot from 
an erroneous conjecture ', founded upon the 
observations of Whder : and as he positively 
asserts 4 that neither the Theatre nor the Stadium 
were visible, it is plain he never visited the part 
of .the Isthmus to which Wheler has alluded 3 . 
We determined, therefore, to renew our search 
upon, the morrow ; and returned to Corinth, to 
enjoy the prospect from the Acrocorinthns at the 
setting of the sun. From the place where the 
work of cutting the Canal was abandoned, going 
towards Corinth, the ground rises the whole way 
to the old Pallum; and there are tombs in the 
whole acclivity towards the Acrocorinthus. Be- 
fore arriving at the wall in this direction, there is 
(1) See the "Chart of the Isthmus of Corinth" facing p. 234 of 
Chandler's Trav. in Greece. Oxf. 1776. 
(2) See Chandler, ibid. p. 243. 
(3) See IVhelers "Journey into Greece" Book vi, p. 437. Land. 1883. 
