404 FROM THE VALE OF TEMPE, 
CHAP, advantage as from Katarina. Perhaps they 
' were rendered more distinct in consequence of 
the snows by which the mountain was at this 
time invested. It appeared like one vast glacier; 
and for some time after our arrival we enjoyed 
the satisfaction of gazing at its splendid^ and 
majestic form. 
Katarina consists of about one hundred and 
forty houses", principally inhabited by Greeks, 
who are governed by an ^gha. Its commerce 
consists entirely in the exportation of corn, to 
the amount, annually, of between two and three 
thousand quilots\ It is sent to be shipped at a 
port which bears the same name as the town. 
Judging from the general internal appearance of 
the place, its condition must be very wretched; 
(1) . - - - - itr' a'lyXwtroi 'OxifiTcu. Iliad. A. 532. 
(2) If Dr. Holland's statement be accurate, the number has been 
more than doubled since. He speaks of " 300 houses, some of them 
of larg:e size." See Holland's Travels, p. 305. Lond.lMS. 
(3) "Les m^sures Turkes sontlePic pour les ^tofFes,etle guiLOTpour 
les grains. Le pic a 25 pouces : un pic ettrois quarts font une uune 
de France. Le guilot de Salonique vaut trois quilots et trois quarts de 
celui de Constantinople. Quatre quilots et demi de Constantinople font 
la charge de Marseille, et un septier de Paris plus un cinqui^me. On 
appr^ciera les m^sures Turkes avec plus de justesse encore, en in- 
diquant leiir rapport avec les poids. Le quilol de Salonique pc^se 85 olies 
enbl^Macedouic'ii, et celui de Constantinople 22. La charge i]e Marseille 
peut 4tre ^valu^e k 300 livres, et le septier de Paiis k 250." Beaujour, 
Comm.de la Grece, torn. II. p. 193. Paris, 1800. 
