236 DELPHI. 
CHAP, marvellous grotto, we were prevented by the 
depth of the snow, in the part of Parnassus 
where it is situate, from paying a visit to the 
spot. The description given of it by the inhabi- 
tants of this village of Castri, who call it " Sarand' 
auH," the ''forty courts" corresponded with that 
of Pausanias, who states its distance from Delphi 
as equal to sixty stadia' : they further added, 
that it is capacious enough to contain three 
thousand persons. One of them, who had for- 
merly belonged to a gang of banditti, and made 
no secret of the fact, told us, that it was a place 
of rendezvous for the robbers of Parnassus, and 
that he had often resorted thither with his com- 
rades. It lies to the north of Delphi, towards 
the. heights of the mountain. Other travellers, 
availing themselves of our discovery with regard 
to this cave, have been to visit it: and one of 
them, by the inscription which he there found, 
has confirmed every observation concerning it, 
(1) That is to say, seven miles and a half, reckoning the Stadium at an 
English furlong. Pausanias, however, does not state the distance from 
Delphi to the Carycian Cave with precision. He only says, that to one 
going from Delphi to the summits of Parnassus, at the distance of sixtt/ 
stadia there is a brazen image ; where the descent begins to the Corycian 
Cave. 'lovTi Ss ix hi>.(pZv W) to. llx^a tdv Xlaova.ff(X6u (TToi'iois fii* offn i^rixovret 
CLXuTt^a AsA.^&>v, 'irrm ayoKfi-a ^ccXxouv, xai facov ihXtayca ato^) iificiivaii 7t xai 
(Vsra/f It) to atr^ov ifriv avo^of to Ko^ukisv, Pausania; PhocicO) c. 32, 
p. 877. ed. Jiuhnii. 
