82 
FROM NEAPOLIS. 
CHAP, by Herodotus^ There was upon this promon- 
^ -/- _■ tory, in antient times, a little town of the same 
name; perhaps where Skepshe now stands. In 
the passes of this mountainous district we 
frequently met with aged Greek peasants playing 
upon the tamhourgi, or long Turkish drum, in 
honour of the Ramadan, and thus collecting 
paras from the Tahtars, and from other tra- 
vellers. In three hours we came to the village 
shepshe. of Shepske, where we saw a party of armed Turks 
as a patrole, keeping a look-out, to watch the 
incursions of the rebels, and give an alarm at 
their approach. Another hour's journey brought 
Fercsteria. US to a placc callcd Percsteria ; and in five hours 
from the time of our leaving Kallia Gederai, we 
came to the dervene, which marks the boundary 
between the territories of Gymmergine and 
Fairy : it is also the half-way of this mountain- 
pass. The road here is frequently paved; 
being a part of the old Roman military way, 
leading from Rome to Constantinople'^. Soon 
after leaving the dervene, we had a fine view of 
Great Ro- 
man Road, 
(1) TlXitiraia oi ahrov, 2EPPEI0N, aK^n hvoi/,a9rri- o St X'^S'^ euros 
ro'ToiXaiov »v Kixitaiv. /fijrodof. Hist. lib. vii. cap.59. p. 405. ed.Gronov. 
(2) " Le chemin de ceste plain {Commercine) estoit le droit grand 
chemin ancien, pour aller de Rovie a Constantinople, et estoit paue de 
moult grosses pierres taillees a I'antique." Belon. Oh^ervat. des plus 
Singular, ^c. eJi Grece,f.61. Paris, 1555. 
