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VII I, Bearings noted upon the Summit of a Mountain north 
"^ o/"Zeitun. 
Straits of Thermopylae . . . . s. s. e. 
Mount Parnassus, indistinctly seen . s. and by e. 
Course of the Sperchius down the valley between 
the mountainous chain of CEta and that of Othrys, 
from N.w.tos.E. 
This river is here called Carpeniche. 
Mount Othrys, high, steep, and snowy . . s. w. 
High Mountain of Salona (Amphissa) appearing be- 
tween (Eta and Othrys . . . . s. and by w. 
Mount (Eta s. andbvE. 
An exceeding high sugar-loaf Mountain, with a flat top, 
covered with snow, and lying towards the right, 
beyond Mount Othrys . . . . w. and by n. 
This mountain stands in the same line of direction as the 
Plain of the Sperchius^ and the course of that river ; 
that is to say, n. w. and s. e. and at the end of the 
visible part of the plain, as if it terminated there. 
The peasants who were our guides, told us that the 
Sperchius and many other streams flow from that 
mountain. It is called Veluchia, or Fetukia, by the 
natives ; and they say it stands in Agrdfa. On its 
top there is a plain ; and in winter, they say, a lake. 
It should also be observed, that Othrys is still called 
Kata V'Othry : and it is not situate as laid down in 
maps, to the north of the river Sperchius, but, as 
before stated, to the south-west. 
Thence descending towards the north, at the 
distance of three hours and a half from Zeitun, 
