262 SUMMIT OF PARNASSUS. 
Chap, that we were in haste to conclude our observa- 
VII. 
^ tions. We found the bearings of the principal 
v« 
^/the'^* objects, by the compass, to be as follow: 
Compass. 
AcRO-CoRiNTHUs due south. 
Mount Helicon s. e. and by s. 
Mount Hymettus s. e. 
Negropont s. E. and by e. 
Mount Olympus n. and by e. 
TricAla, in the Morea • . . . s. w. and by s. 
Galaxy w. s. w. 
Port of Crissa, oxSaiona Quay, between w. & w.and by s. 
Adventure To our ffrcat astouishnient, as we were pre- 
with the . ° . ^ 
Horses. paring to descend from this place, we saw the 
peasants who had the care of our horses arrive 
with the poor animals, quite up to the pool of 
frozen water upon the summit. We do not 
remember an instance where this is practicable 
upon any other mountain equally lofty. Horses 
have been conducted near to the summit of some 
mountains; as St.Gothard, and St. Bernard, m 
the Alps; but not quite to the top, especially 
where there is a glacier. Upon inferior moun- 
tains, indeed, as upon Skiddmu in Cumberland, 
persons have rode, and with ease, to the highest 
point. We had fearful work, afterwards, in 
conducting them down the icy declivities ; being 
under the cruel necessity of turning them adrift 
in certain parts of the descent, and then leaving 
