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the khan. The bells, and noise of the camels, chap. 
and the bawling of their drivers, continued to 
maintain uproar until the morning. 
Leaving Platamonos, the next day, to go to 
Katarina, we crossed a small river, alluded to 
by Livy"^ : but it can only be considered as a river 
after heavy rains. We then saw Scamnya upon 
our left, hanging upon the side of Olympus, like 
one of the villages in the Alps. From Scamnya, a 
person may ascend the summit in about four or 
five hours : it is distant five hours and a half from 
Platamonos. There is another village, distant six 
hours from Platamonos, from which the ascent 
to the summit of the mountain is considered 
the easiest and best: it is called Cared; the a 
being pronounced broad, as in our word calf. 
We saw to the east, and at a vast distance 
across the Gulph of Therma, Mount Athos, -^^"""^ 
^ Athos. 
called {to "kyiov "Opoq) The Holy Mountain, looking 
like an island. The view of it was so clear 
and distinct, that we made a careful delineation 
of its appearance % as viewed from this part of 
PiERiA. Its bearing at the time was due east. 
(2) Vid. Livium, loco citato. 
(3) See the Vignette to this Chapter. 
