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

the mufes were patAed 10 spise Vi
curses, aud We Get out. Descending tho niH " .
frisht3ul path, alternate rock and quasnue' We
reached the nver Of Armyro. The remains u a"
old Venetian fortress are upon 10 oanA'' A"'
abort distance further 8 Turkish castle, mosque
and khan, dismantled and deserted. Even here' '"
the sealeyel the snow had made great havoc among
the olive trees. Finally, We emerged upon me scr
shore, where the sand and pebbles made DETER
footing for our mules, but the northeast "ilo'
laden with rain, swept upon US with iul 'oi0''
Hsdji Bey and the muleteers were IN constant
alarm during this part Of our journey, assuring Us
that the Sfakiotes, who i've during the WINTER n
the neighbonng village Of Drama, keqneh'V
pounce upon ard plumber travellers. " bu' y"
need not be afraid Of them on such adsy az thi''
Isuggested. "Oh, this is Just the we'.her they
choose for their attacks" said the By by Tue
thore large tiubers had been collected for the pur
pose, We were told Of building mud machine i~
the port Of Khsna. At last We struck the hisagah'
which here thrust out a bold, rocky promon'nJ'
the base Of which the sea has gnawed into thou
sand fantastic forms.
After ,cranblipg for some tune over :be ins!eps
of the bills, We reached tremendous gorge, cteft
into their vesy heart, down the bottom OF which
rushed rapid stream. Neat the sea were the
abutments Of massive sopiDg bridge, the arch OF
VIII n was entirely gone. /: had the appearance
of having been overtbrown BY al earthquake, aod
Hadji Bey informed me that i. gas entire eniy
sixty years ago. We were now upon the track VI
an ancient road, fragments Of the pavement Of
which We saw in places. The gorge was nclo'ed
by precipices Of blue limestone rock, whose frona
were stained with bright Orange-colored o1yda-
tops In color and outline the picture Was superb.
The geological formation of Crete is q continuation
Of tina: of the manlaId of Greece, the rock beng
principally the same pal,nattnO, or doye-colored
Limestone.
Our road beyond this was the next thing to I'M
practicable. The rock, channeled and honeyconoed
every where BY the action Of water, was worn INTO
series of deep holes, filed with soft mud, in and
out of which our mules plugged. Ga every head
land stood a ruined watch tower, Of the Venetian
or Turkish times. After more than two hours Of
this travel, we caught sight of the fortress OF
Rhtbymnos, GROWING a projecting cape some die
lance ahead. Two minarets and palm-tree rising
above the gray houses OF the town, relieved toe
view q little but had il been ten times more dis
NAL the sight would have been welcome one TO
US, in our cold, sor, and hungry condition. Soon
afterwaxd, We came to very wild and deep ravlne,
spaDned by bridge of double row of ar shes, one
above the other-uPdcubtedly Roman work. We
low struck upon the road, which fully justified
vely Pasha's description. 1t was broad, solid,
substantial, English highway, even better than the
wants of the leland demand. Two or three hun
dred men were at work, hauling the broken stone
in hand carr, or breaking them in the shelter Of
natural caves IN the side of the hill. We pressed
in, passed the village of eperr, whose houses are
stuck like swallows nests in the interstices of
solitary mass of rock, and at length entered the
town by long, low, gloomy gate b. +.