62 THEBES. 
CHAP, for provisions , and the consequence was, the 
, loss of our fine wolf-dog, KorAki; who dis- 
appeared, and could not be found. We were so 
attached to this faithful animal, that we spent 
the rest of the day in vain endeavours to re- 
cover him ; and we offered a reward to any of 
the inhabitants who should find him, and take 
him safe to Signor Lusieri at Athens\ The next 
morning, our Consul Strani, and Captain Laci/, 
set out for Athens. Soon afterwards, we had a 
singular opportunity of judging of the state of 
State of medicine and surgery in this part of Greece, by 
and Me- the cxamplc which our host afforded. To the 
grkTck" business of an apothecary he joined every other 
branch of the medical and surgical professions. 
A wealthy Turk, followed by his pipe-bearer and 
a train of other attendants, entered the yard, 
and made application to our JEsculapius for relief 
from an excruciating pain in one of his teeth. 
A bargain was instantly set on foot between him 
and the Greek; and upon promise of instant 
relief, a sum of money was paid. The Turk was 
then told, that the only hope of relief would be 
afforded by the extraction of the tooth. To this 
(l) He was afterwards discovered by an ^ilbanian, upon the side of 
a mountain half-way between Thebes and y^thens: and being taken to 
Signor Lusieri^ was by him forwarded to us, in a vessel bound to 
Constantinople, 
