12 ATHENS 
CHAP, of the Irish, and the Toscar of the Abyssinians. 
\ , There is not the smallest difference ; and a 
coincidence so extraordinary, attending the 
funeral rites of such distant nations, is utterly 
unaccountable. 
Departure Upou thc last day of Novemhev, at four o'clock 
^Athens ^■^'^' ^^ ^^^ ^^^ froHi Athens, for Marathon, 
accompanied by our friend Lusieri, the 
Tchochodar, Ibrahim, our Interpreter, and the 
Guides with our baggage ; our little Danish 
dog, and his gigantic companion, Koraki, the 
Epidaurian wolf-dog, running by the side of 
us. The English Consul, and some other Greeks, 
mounted on very beautiful horses, and in their 
best apparel, accompanied our cavalcade, as a 
mark of their respect, to a considerable distance 
from the city ; amusing us, until they took their 
leave, with the game of Djirid. In this manner 
the Turks usually begin their journeys. We 
crossed a small river which falls into the Cephis- 
sus, and saw upon our left a tumulus that appeared 
to have been opened. After this, we proceeded, 
through olive-plantations, to a village called 
Akikuvies. Kakuvies\ at two hours' distance from Athens', 
(l) This place is written Koukoitvaones by Mr. Hobhouse. Travels^ 
p. 439, Lotid. 1813. 
