Travels in Sicily, Greece & AlbaniaJ. Mawman, 1820 |
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Page vii
... Acheron --Fortress of Glyky and its Albanian Commander --- Excursion over the Plain of Phanari --- Village of Potamia --- River Cocytus --- Convent of St. George --- Monastery of St. John , on the Site of the ancient Necyomantéum ...
... Acheron --Fortress of Glyky and its Albanian Commander --- Excursion over the Plain of Phanari --- Village of Potamia --- River Cocytus --- Convent of St. George --- Monastery of St. John , on the Site of the ancient Necyomantéum ...
Page 121
... Acheron . - CHAPTER VI . Account of the Suliots - Country , Government , Habits , Manners , and Customs - Ali's first Attempts against them - His Stratagem - How defeated - Anecdote of Tzavella and his Son - Ali attacks Suli - Des ...
... Acheron . - CHAPTER VI . Account of the Suliots - Country , Government , Habits , Manners , and Customs - Ali's first Attempts against them - His Stratagem - How defeated - Anecdote of Tzavella and his Son - Ali attacks Suli - Des ...
Page 122
... Acheron rolls down a dark and truly infernal chasm , overhung with rocks and woods of deepest gloom . The high peaks of precipices bounding this mysterious . glen were surmounted by fortified towers , whilst the paths leading to the ...
... Acheron rolls down a dark and truly infernal chasm , overhung with rocks and woods of deepest gloom . The high peaks of precipices bounding this mysterious . glen were surmounted by fortified towers , whilst the paths leading to the ...
Page 123
... Acheron , after passing through the valley of Dervitziana , first enters the Suliot chasm , where it is called the Gorge of Skouitias , from a small village of that name : a narrow path , which winds amidst the darkest woods upon the ...
... Acheron , after passing through the valley of Dervitziana , first enters the Suliot chasm , where it is called the Gorge of Skouitias , from a small village of that name : a narrow path , which winds amidst the darkest woods upon the ...
Page 131
... Acheron , but received a check at the pass of Klis- sura , being there met with such volleys of musketry from the fortress of Tichos by which it is commanded , as well as from behind the rocks and precipices , that the passage became ...
... Acheron , but received a check at the pass of Klis- sura , being there met with such volleys of musketry from the fortress of Tichos by which it is commanded , as well as from behind the rocks and precipices , that the passage became ...
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