144 MOUNT HELICON. 
CHAP, conductinof us to a magnificent terrace, elevated, 
: as it were, above all Greece, and actually com- 
manding the principal features of the whole 
country. Hence, as we continued to descend, 
the Monastery of St. George appeared in view, 
below us, bearing' north and by west; and that 
part of Helicon which extends into the plain 
of Le BADE A, north-east. We then arrived at a 
Kntumaia. vlllagc Called Regania, or Kotumala, for it has 
recently changed 3ven its modern name. This 
village is distant one hour and three quarters 
from Zagara. It lies where sages, poets, and 
painters might wish to spend their days; amidst 
such a marvellous assemblage of the great and 
sublime features of Nature, as perhaps no other 
region can exhibit ; and certainly calling forth 
feelings which the view of no other country can 
excite; all the mountains and plains of Hellas 
being here displayed in one living picture. 
Alas ! the effect produced by this prospect upon 
the mind of the traveller is transitory; because 
new objects succeed, and dissipate the im- 
pressions; — it fades even as he writes'. 
(l) The following stanzas are admirably calculated to convey to 
every reader of taste and g:enius that vivid impression which can be 
communicated by no other hand : — 
" Where'er we tread, 'tis haunted holy ground ; 
No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ; 
But 
