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344 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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told married married me that to men a she Greek I have would in heard Athens not praised have , and any as the other the mother best for of of sons several husbands -in-law handsome . excepting A German daug either h lad ters y , , _,
, Greeks or Englishmen . " Elsewhere the physical prosperity of the country is described .
eastw " We ard devoted . Here another are situated day to those that beautiful part of the olive Troezenie coast and lemon which curves , orange , groves ,
district which , from of Diana the most . Here ancient was times situated , have ancientl made y the on coast the shore the chosen , a city hunting called Artemis here stood beautiful temple dedicated to the goddess of the wood
; a sleep and of , who the chase was ; regarded here stood as one the patron also to of the the c muses , the . liberator These , ' temp another les no towith its abundance
longer of watersprings exist ; but , of the beautiful extensive fruitbearing natural park trees -like and ground bright , fruit , stands equally between vigorous Genoa and lovel and y Spezzia as of old . The It reminds here me stretch of the Mediterranean themselves on step coast
like ascending terraces along . the coast groves for an extent of from three to four French leagues . But where are the manors , the villages , the pretty
charmingotherwise mills villas , are which the so onl mak richl y e y the endowed ldin Piedmontese gs wh b ic y h n you ature coast see . upon The as a the paradisaic festal promontory scene wood ? of Some is Troezin divided smalt ,
Many amongst amongst many these proprietors are of , the of working whom the class greater . Sailors number and domesti reside c at servants Poros . they are not do unfrequentl not see offcener y the possessors than when of they ten , twenty require , or watering more fruit which trees , in which dry
, , of weather the culture , is every of ei a g tre hth e day manure , or at an the d watering time of , fruit is considered harvest . not The to expense exceed * five calculated drachmas at from a year fo , ur and to , five the annual thousand return lemons of a or good tree in that full is bearin to g at isoranges ; say
about 200 drachmas . In medium seasons the profit of a tree is considered , at tre 10 e per can cent be ., purchased though in for good 100 ye drachmas ars it will . be The from greatest 15 to 25 m per arket cent for . the A good fruit
conveyed of Troezin by is the Constan Volga tin into ople Russia and the . I D beg anubian pardon provinces of Artemis . They and are all also the ' divinities of Troezintliat their lorious fruit orchards have led me into such
, g prosai orchard existing c calculations I proprietors mayhowever ! . I As am instance a in still this respect more that very dignified only frequentl a faithful product y a interpreter grove of the of beautifu of lemon now l , "
these olive , or irls , orange are , -trees handsome may , form the dowry sometimes of a young real beauties girl of Poros . I ; hav and e seen that here , youn g g girl very s equally distinguished , nay , for regular beauty of feature as for the
life such and a girl grace coming of expression to her bridegroom , and I cannot with imag a grove ine of a more golden poetical fruits !" image —( Vol than . ii . - p . 76 Du . ) ring tlie oppressive lieat of the summer King Otho ' s yacht was
placed at Miss Brenier ' s disposal and in this slie made a very delightful coasting voyage among the islands of the _^ 3 Egean . From _,
the journal of this voyage we give one extract : — their monastery " To ancient -day of , in St remarkable the . Elias forenoon , and objects to , whilst the more I Mr myself . Michaelis distant having parts made for of an such the excursion island things , to a to very visit the
moderate abode of the curiosity lepers , , went which with I had Dr , heard . Cigala praised , according , as the to best arrangement in Greece , to , and thewhere the number is said to exceed 200 At sunrise—and magnificent was .
. passed the ascent amongst of the vin great eyards luminary which , it from seemed the sea to — me taking in some a san p d laces y footpath might , we be better attended toand after about half an _home ' s difficult walking , we came
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344 Notices Of Books.
344 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1863, page 344, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011863/page/56/
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