Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1Mawman, 1820 - 393 pages |
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Page xi
... Antiquities --- Embark on the Ambracian Gulf --- Actium --- Dogana of Salagora --- Serai --- Construction of a new Road to Arta --- Wild Fowl and Swans upon the Gulf .. PAGE 349 371 408 xii CONTENTS . CHAPTER XV . Arrival at Arta ---
... Antiquities --- Embark on the Ambracian Gulf --- Actium --- Dogana of Salagora --- Serai --- Construction of a new Road to Arta --- Wild Fowl and Swans upon the Gulf .. PAGE 349 371 408 xii CONTENTS . CHAPTER XV . Arrival at Arta ---
Page xii
... Roads --- Devitzianà --- Heavy Rains --- Miseries of an Albanian Cottage --- Flute of an Eagle's Wing --- Adventure at the Acheron --- Return towards Ioannina --- Village of Vareatis --- Manner of killing Fowls --- Scenery of Epirus ...
... Roads --- Devitzianà --- Heavy Rains --- Miseries of an Albanian Cottage --- Flute of an Eagle's Wing --- Adventure at the Acheron --- Return towards Ioannina --- Village of Vareatis --- Manner of killing Fowls --- Scenery of Epirus ...
Page 14
... at Palma , on the road to Alicata . The stone sulphur is dug out of a moun- tain and liquefied in furnaces , from whence it is drawn off into vessels , and left to cool for exportation . SPLENDID SITE OF THE CITY . 15 raw materials .
... at Palma , on the road to Alicata . The stone sulphur is dug out of a moun- tain and liquefied in furnaces , from whence it is drawn off into vessels , and left to cool for exportation . SPLENDID SITE OF THE CITY . 15 raw materials .
Page 78
... roads , and other works * Τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τέτων , διελόμενοι κατὰ ἔθνη τὰς ταφάς , ὁ μὲν ΕΛΛΗΝ ΕΚΑΥΣΕΝ , ὁ δὲ Πέρσης ἔθαψεν , ὁ δὲ Ἰνδὸς ὑάλω περιχρίει , ὁ δὲ Σκύθης κατεσθίει , ταριχένει δὲ ὁ Αιγύπτιος . Lucian . de Luctu , § 21 . The Romans ...
... roads , and other works * Τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τέτων , διελόμενοι κατὰ ἔθνη τὰς ταφάς , ὁ μὲν ΕΛΛΗΝ ΕΚΑΥΣΕΝ , ὁ δὲ Πέρσης ἔθαψεν , ὁ δὲ Ἰνδὸς ὑάλω περιχρίει , ὁ δὲ Σκύθης κατεσθίει , ταριχένει δὲ ὁ Αιγύπτιος . Lucian . de Luctu , § 21 . The Romans ...
Page 80
... road branched off two ways : it was construct- ed in a natural gap of the rock . From Scala Greca a broad road ran quite across the city to the neck of Ortygia , lined on each side by strong walls and flanked by towers . A little beyond ...
... road branched off two ways : it was construct- ed in a natural gap of the rock . From Scala Greca a broad road ran quite across the city to the neck of Ortygia , lined on each side by strong walls and flanked by towers . A little beyond ...
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