2 FROM THESSALONICA, 
Krenides — Plain of S^res — Explanation of the term — 
Equestrian Turkish Ladies — Pravista — Drabiscus — 
Drama — Philippi — Cavallo — Gold and Silver Mines of 
Macedonia — Neapolis. 
CHAP, (j^ ijjg following morning {December 3l), at 
ten o'clock, having all things in readiness for a 
from saio- Very arduous journey through the rest of Mace- 
men. 
donia and Thrace, to Constantinople, we took 
leave of our friendly host and his most amiable 
family. Mounted on horses that would not 
have disgraced the race of Bucephalus, and 
accompanied by Mr. Kreen, the Consul's secre- 
tary, who went with us part of the way, we 
rode through the eastern gate of the city. En- 
tering the plain without the walls, we passed a 
tumulus at half an hour's distance from the town, 
almost as large as the one we measured in 
coming from Tekale. It is also close to the road 
upon the left hand. In the coemetery without 
the walls of Salonica, the shafts of antient co- 
lumns may be observed. We afterwards saw a 
mound, on which there seemed traces as if a 
fortress had stood there: beneath it were the 
remains of walls, and hard by a fountain, the 
water of which was received into the operculum 
of an antient Soros. Thence passing over some 
hills, in two hours' time we entered a defile, 
where we saw ruins upon the heights above us. 
