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travellers so late as the thirteenth century * : but in 
its present condition, Macedonia is not a country 
where researches may be carried on which 
require any deviation from the main route ; 
even if the object be ever so nigh at hand. We 
congratulated ourselves upon being barely able 
to obtain, unmolested, a sight of this illustrious 
region ; and to make a sketch of its appearance, 
that others may be gratified by a representation 
of the country where Euripides passed his 
latter days.' The principal object, in this view, 
is the very lake whose borders were the 
favourite haunts of the Tragedian, when he 
encountered the catastrophe that gave to Are- 
thusa's Vale the honour of his grave. But 
in order to make the reader more fully com- 
prehend the nature of this valley, and of the 
country, it is necessary to continue the narrative 
of our journey. 
' In two hours after leaving Clissele, having 
entered the valley with the mountains upon 
our left, and the lake upon our right, we came 
(5) "IBI POSITUS est EVRIPIDES POETA." Itinerarium 
Hierosoli/nnUtnum, p. 6()-i. ed. fVes.ieling. j4mst. 1735. ff^esseliig^ 
iays, that the llinerari/ from Burdigala to Jerusalem was written 
before the year 1300. 
