DELPHI. 235 
votive receptacle upon the right is still an object 
of reverence among the inhabitants ; a Christian 
Tabernacle having succeeded to the Hieron of its 
Pagan idol. It is now a chapel dedicated tp 
St. John ; an antient basso-relievo, perhaps a part 
of the original vow for which it was excavated, 
being substituted for an altar. The other three 
niches are empty. There is an opening in the 
rock towards the left of the fountain, where, in 
certain seasons, the melting snows and torrents 
from Parnassus pour down, through a chasm, 
in a vehement cataract : and above, within the 
cleft, a cavern is visible, which JVheler most 
unreasonably judged to be the Antrum Corycium^ 
or Grotto of the Nymphs'^: to this it could have 
no resemblance, owing to its diminutive size 
and situation. The real Coryciax Cave had Discorery 
not been ascertained by any traveller, until we Corydan 
arrived at Delphi : and although we had the 
satisfaction of obtaining intelligence of that 
nonnullis aliis, seu immaturis, seujiorihits, foliisve mutihilis, alque Deo 
illi Delphico soliim cognitis. We Viave called this new species of 
Lithospermum, from the very remarkable nature of the place where 
it was discovered, Lithospermum Pvthicum, Lithonpermum foliU 
undulatis, inferioribus lanceolato-ohlongis, superioribus Iracteisgue cor- 
dato-oblongis ; Mrsutis. Planta habitu fere L. orientalis, seu AnchuscE 
orientalis Linnaei ; sed foliis angustioribus, valde-undiilatis, floribusque 
majoribvs atqiie inflatioribus distincta. 
(2) Journey into Greece, p. 315. L^nd. 1682. 
