THE PIERIAN PLAIN. 385 
bridge over the Peneiis. This bridge was a chap. 
quarter of a mile in length, having several ' , ' 
arches, and a Turkish inscription over the middle 
arch'. The caravan consisted of twenty-six 
camels, preceded, as usual, by an ass. There 
had been much rain ; and the Peneiis had over^- 
flowed the neighbouring country, so as to 
impede our progress : one of the horses fell 
with a part of our baggage, which also delayed 
us. After floundering in mud and swamps for 
about three hours, we came to the shore of the 
GuLPH OF Therma. Here a most beautiful 
view opened upon us, of the Pierian regiout 
skirting the base of Olympus along the coast. 
The summits of the mountain appeared covered 
with deep snow, the highest point bearing ivest 
north-west; and the modern citadel of Hera- JieracUa. 
CLEA, now called Platamonos, standing upon a 
promontory in the middle of this enchanting- 
scene*^. The islands of Sciathus and Scopelus 
(l) It has been since swept away by a flood. Dr. Holland was 
informed at Alkens, that " it was proposed to re-build it more nearly 
within the entrance of Tempe -, and that Baron Haller was to be 
entrusted with the design and superintendance of the work." See 
Holland's Travels, &c. jk 29G,and Note, i Lond. 1815. 
(3) The author halted to make a sketch of this fine prospect (See 
the Plate facing p. 302, Vol. IV. of the Quarto Edition of these Travels); 
it will enable the reader to judge of the parts which compose it, although 
it cannot do justice to such a scene. The name of the town is 
pronounced by its inhabitants nXara/iayei -, but this name occurs 
variously written : some travellers write it Platamonn, and others 
Platamana. 
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