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air here is very unwholesome during the CHAP. 
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summer months, owing to the humidity of the . '_ _, 
soil, and perhaps principally to its not being 
properly drained. After descending from the Return to 
defile of Daphne, we observed a large Tomb 
upon our left: and before arriving at the site of 
the Sacred Gate, there are two other Tumuli; and 
the remains of an Aqueduct may be observed, 
extending in the direction of the Academy. The 
Tombs are mentioned by Pausanias, in his 
journey to Eleusis. 
In the evening, we arrived once more in 
ATHENS ; and calling upon our former compa- 
nion, Lusieri, were hailed by him with the first 
news of peace between France and England; 
a joyful intelligence for us, as we instantly 
resolved to pass through France, in our journey 
home. He also told us of the valuable acquisi- 
tions, in vases, gems, and medals, which he had 
made in jftgina, after we had left him upon that 
island. 
The next morning our Tchohadar waited upon 
his relation the Waiwode, and communicated to theM 
him the subject of our wishes respecting the v 
the olive-tree, intended as fuel in Athens, which the author's brother, 
the late Captain Clarke, of the Braakel, brought to this country. 
