ON MOUNT HELICON. 131 
guided by the words o^ Pausanins; for \\iQ foun- 
tain then occurs upon the left hand, exactly as he 
has described iV. From the monastery, a path, 
winding through the Grove now covering this 
part of the mountain, conducts to the spot 
where, upon the left hand, the water gushes 
forth in a clear and continued stream. The 
work about the fountain was, until lately, very 
antient : not long ago there was an antient 
cistern in front of it ; but the present monks, 
finding the vA^ork in a ruined state, undertook to 
repair it, and thus destroyed much of its ori- 
ginal and venerable appearance. In its present 
state of restoration it is not, however, without 
picturesque beauty : they have merely erected 
an arcade of stone, beneath which the water 
issues ; and this arcade is already adorned by ^^^j,^ 
moss and by creeping plants, as before de- ^"''"ary 
scribed. The walks about the fountain, winding '^^ *^« 
Scenery, 
into the deep solitude of Helicox, are in 
the highest degree beautiful : all above is 
grand and striking; and every declivity of the 
mountain is covered with luxuriant shrubs, or 
pastured by browsing flocks ; while the pipe of 
' Ayan9f!rii irnyv. Ibid. c. 29. p. ~C>C>. 
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