New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-11

wherein the former were stripped Of their wings
and plugging into the res, became the rocks OF
Leuee, which lie in the mouth the Bay OF euda-
The 70 ms near the convent are those Of cstern'
undoubtedly Of Re- man construction. One OF them
is nearly $50 feet long, with branch at night
angles. Another 10 triple vault in nearly per-
feet state, it, walls of Division resting on four
arches Of cut stone. On inquiriDg for the Cyclic
pesn walls the priest said they were further 10 the
eastward. Captain EkephOro pu. on hls thick
capote to keep of the rain, and accompanied US.
Along the brow Of III mountain, for the distance
of nearly half mile (which was as far as we
traced IT., runs polygona wall, composed OF huge
undressed masses Of rock. Its bread b 10 seven
feet, and it's greatest hight twelve, the upper por-
ton having been either thrown down or carried on
The masonry, though massive is rude, and evidently
belongs 20 the earliest period
In the evening number of peasaRts came N
with coins. Greek, Roman aud Venetian some OF
which bought. Among them were some auso-
nomous coins of Aptera, with bee on the diverse.
The mort Of them, however, were ileg'bie, aud
held by their finders at prices far above their real
value. We occupied the priests bed for the night
which was a raised platform across the dry end OF
the room. The saceT1otal heas were as yoraclous
az Cspuchn friars, and though they were distrou-
ted over four persons instead Of two they murdered
sleep none the le.s. Next morning the rain con-
tinued, but after long consutation and much de-
lay we set out for Rhitbymuos. Riding over the
plain for an hour or more, through fine old orch
ards, we reached new khan about the breakfas;
hour. priest and some wsyfArers we're wthio,
sm, King their nsrghiebs aud dTiokng the pile-red
Cretan wne In Crete the wine is not resiled, as
in Greece, and We can therefore get at its natural
SAVIOR, which is fully equal to that of the ordinary
wines Of Spain / much prefer it to the renowned
wine Of Cyprus, notwithstanding Mrs. Brownlng'S
Bacchic p@an TO the latter. la Greece the wine
was 30 doubt resinOus in ancient times. BY adding
the raw resn-wbich is collected by tapping the
pine trees-it is not only more easily preserved,
but msy be increased by the addition of water. Il
is most wholesome beverage, but the flavor, 10
an unsccustomed palate, is horrible.
In front of the khan slvery waterfall cleaned
through The olive trees, and BREASTED aud l walked
thither, accompanied by the faithful sfakiote who
never allowed US to get out OF his sight The place
Banias. stream large enough to drive cotton
mill gushed out of the earth at the foot of mass
of rocks, fell over NOISY dam, and rushed away
through the meadows toward the sea. Nikepkoro
Informed me, however, that It dries up in Summer
Our road for some distance after leaving the khan,
was mere scrambliDg track over stony ridges, i'm
passable for anything except the surefOoted Cfetan
Our WAS q rau,arl ahiv tortuO1e
winding hitber aud thither without any regard 70
the direction we should 90. We at last discovered
that Ansgoost was as ignorant as he was lazy, and
did not know the road. Francois tdereupOn took
fire with bis usual readiness, and we had storm
of Greek epithets. IL have always heard, said
he, "tha. the Cretan Turks were scamps, but now
] see that it is the Cretan Christians who are so.
st. Paul told the truth about this lying race"
After a while we reached an Cd monastery, near
a village called Ko,idi The NUT, on hill over
looking the interior valleys. The houses were ruin
GUS and half deserted, but the orange, olive and
carob trees-were Of foe growth, and the barley
fields of unusual richness. In another hour we
came upon village called Ex,polis, on the brow
of steep hill, overlooking the valley OF ArmYro.
dreary rain was setting in, and Hadjl Bey de-
clared that i. was Impossible to reach the next
place before dark; so we took up our quarters in
the house of sn old fellow who called himself the
chief ofthe village. u was hut of stones and mud,
without window, and with roof through which
the rain leaked in little streams; but it at least
little better than out of DOORS There were much
better houses in the village, but all were reofeSs
and in ruins. Captain NikephorO accompanied US
to a Turkish tower of hewn stone whence We had
striking view of the wild valley below. Hadji
Bey lodged in the cafe, dark, windowless hut,
where they gave cups Of burnt barley for coffee
Some MussUmsns and Christians were within, dis
putting violently, in loud, screaming voices. The
Cretans are the most argumentatve people in the
world. We cannot ask the simplest question
without getting different opinion from every by
stander, and thereupOn ensuts a discussion, in
which everybody is edited except ourselves. The
people informed us that they had had snow and
rain for hundred days previous-s thing unheard
of in the island. Many Of the oldest olive trees, as
we had occasion to notice, had been broken down
by the weight of the snow upon their limbs, aud a
great number Of sheep and goats had persisted.
The captain was probably the richest man in the
village. His wealth consisted of field of barley,
four sheep, five goats, four pigs and an sss. He
was about seventy years old, had a gray beard, but
bis youngest child was only FIVE. Both he and his
wife exhibited lAudabe curiosity to learn the Gus
toms of the ekldmbrotati (Their BriIlancies y the
bas,likOi anthropOi (Royal Mem, who had hoao-ed
his hut with their presencs. They took care 70
be on hand when We undressed, and they came and
mani sn Irenueutlx Ailrnr the NIGHT al 10 distrh