268 PARNASSUS. 
CHAP. "We now beo^an to descend the north-west side 
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t -^- ' . of the mountain, having ascended by the side 
facing the south-east. Soon after leaving the 
summit, our guides pointed to one of the lower 
Luiiari, or ridgcs of Pamassus, which commanded our 
Lycorea. pg^gg^ge dowu, aud to wliich they gave the 
name oi Lugari, or Lycari; perhaps the Lycorea 
of Pausanias. The peasants in the plains of 
BcEOTiA call the whole mountain by the name 
of Lakura; but those who reside upon Par- 
nassus still retain among them its antient 
name ; calling the heights, by a general appel- 
lation, Parnassu, and one of the ridges, in 
particular, Lugari. In our way down, our 
course afterwards bore towards the east. 
Rugged and steep as was the descent, our only 
difficulty related to the horses ; being alarmed 
for their safety when the persons appointed to 
conduct them turned them adrift, as they often 
did, leaving them to roll, or to slide upon their 
backs, down the most fearful declivities. At 
seven o'clock p.m. in a woody region of the moun- 
Monastery taiu, WO arrivcd at a monastery, called that of 
^n. "^" the Virgin of Jerusalem, beautifully embowered 
in the midst of pine-groves, overlooking the 
mountains of the Locri and the Dryopes, and 
the extensive plains which are watered by the 
Cephissus. It stands about three fourths of the 
