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streams of water, according to Appian, that chap. 
all the land below them was a marsh^. After > 
we had left them, we ascended a hill by an 
antient paved road about four feet wide, the 
remains of which had often occurred before 
during the day's journey. From the heights we 
had a fine view of Pravista, situate in a defile ; 
and beyond it, of a noble plain, flat as the 
surface of a lake, surrounded by high moun- 
tains. It reminded us of the plains of Greece ; 
and as it is a geological character peculiarly 
characteristic of the great limestone formation 
around the shores of the Archipelago, it will be 
proper to annex a delineation of its appearance 
in perspective ^ It was the great plaix of piainof 
Seres, which supplies the merchants of Sa- 
lonica with their principal exports in cotton and 
tobacco; containing three hundred villages, so 
^iXicr^ros ^h ^i iu<pvi; i-r) Q^Sxa; ^a^iov, uKv^uKfi r%, Ka,t a^' if-vr'^j 
9iXiv0tvs a-j««r«y. Appiani lib. iv. de Bell. Civil, c. 105. vol. II. 
p. 666. ed. Schweigkaus. Lips. 1785. The most copious and minute 
description of Philippi is afforded by Appani, (and of the exact situation 
of tlie camps of Brutus and Cassius,) in this and the following chapter; 
every word of which ought to be present to those who may hereafter 
visit the ruins of that city. A bronze medal of Philippi, as found at 
Orphano, has been already described. 
(2) Hgof Ss TM(K£a->j/*iSo/a"EA02 iirr), K»t iaXuffot, fJt,iT kuto, Appian, 
loco supradicto. 
(3) See the Ftgnetle to this Chapter. 
