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a degree of permanence that no change of chap. 
chmate seems to affect. >, ,- > 
On Smiday, December the twentieth, we left 
Zeitiin, about half after eight a.m.; and began 
to ascend the mountams of Thessaly ; leaving 
towards our left the mountain Otiirys, now 
called Kata F'Oihry. The weather was de- 
lightful, but the mountains very generally 
covered with snow. As we left Zeitun, we 
saw, near to the tov/n, a tomb constructed 
in the old Cyclopean style : it was what is called 
a Cromlech in Wales, consisting of two uprights, 
with a large slab laid across : near to it there 
was a cistern, probably a Soros. There is a paved 
road, or antient military way, over this moun- 
tain. The rocks of the mountains have here 
an ochreous appearance. After riding to the 
top of a very steep and high mountainous 
ridge, north of the town, we halted to m.ake 
observations l:^^' the magnetic needle. 
Y 2 Bearinss 
