344 LARISSA. 
CHAP, inhabitants are unable to consume the produce 
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V _ _' of their land. The earthenware sold at Larissa 
is so beautiful, that it may be considered as the 
only place where modern pottery exists, resem- 
bling, as to its purity, brightness, and elegance, 
the antient terra-cotla of Greece: it comes from 
a manufactory near Salonika, where the Theri- 
clean -art may be said to exist in its original 
perfection'. We saw some vessels of red clay, 
with as fine a varnish, and as elegant a form, 
as those which are taken from the sepulchres 
of Athens ; and they were very strong, although 
almost as thin as paper. Being obliged to 
continue our journey on horseback, we had not 
the means of conveying any of them away with 
us. The town is situate upon the Pen eus, now 
called Salamhria ; and there is a very handsome 
PenPas bridge over the river, the buttresses being 
lightened by perforations : it consists of sixteen 
arches, eight large arches, and eight that are of 
much smaller size. From this river the inha- 
bitants are well supplied with fish ; particularly 
carp, roach, and eels. Rain fell profusely 
during this day ; and it caused such a flood in 
the river, that it rose almost to the top of the 
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bervalrive. Vid./llhen.Ul.\\.c.A.j).A^l. Lugduni, \6hT. 
river 
