St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-22


OF Slgenm. the most important place on
the SIgenm pr"mOntory, that ,juts ont
into the sea just where the Hellesponi
JOINS 1t. 1t is made prominent to one
coming III from the sea 10y il long row
of windmills. The view from here is
remarkably fine. On the west stretches
the broad Egean dotted with islands
just in front lies Tenedo> the island
ruled over by Apollo Smntheus, ,-
which Virgil speaks of as the place
whence came the sea serpents that
deNoured the sons of Laocoon, and be
hind which hid the fleet of the Greeks.
List IN conspectu insuid, TcneiOS y
Cicero also speaks of "ncretlibiHs aqua
IcnetiHm pugnd lila nardlIs."
Near 10y are the Rabbit Islands. and
farther north lies lmbros Just ut the
mouth of the IIellespont. In Modern
Greek ''imbrOs" is the word which Il
person shouts i'll answer to Il rap on the
door and means come in" 1t is !;
large mountainous island, some of it,
peaks being quite high, but just back
of it lies Samothracc whose Mount Ida
towers high above all the rest and
pierces the clouds. The effect is very
fine as seen from the Troad.
1t WAS on this Mount Ida on Same
thrace that Neptune sat during the
Trojan war To watch the movements OF
the two armies. and come down in cas-,
OF an emergency to assist the Greeks.
Both these islands are subject To ire
qmcnt earthquakes.
From our stand point ut Sigcum tn,
llclle>pnnt can he seen winding to-
wards the y. T.. for about fifteen miles
On its opposite shore lies Thracc. TIL,
tongue like peninsula projecting out
into the SEA being the ThrIcian Chelso-
nc>uS. On the southern shore of til,
Strait is the station of the Grcciau fleet
and towards the west and south stretches
out the beautiful Plain of Troy. with
the ScanIandcr winding through tn,
centre. The plain is from three to five
miles III width and some seven tu ten
miles in length. Far in the southwest
some thirty miles away. towers Mount
Ida, the throne of JoVt. which at th,
time of our visit was covered with SNOW.
1t Is between five and six thousand feet
high. We had intended To climb it.
but on account of the SNOW and oul
limited time, it was given up.
We made II" stop at lrni Shchr hui
rode directly on down the coast of tn,
-Egcan for about four miles to lcni
kcni. (New Nillage) where we had
planned To spend the night. The rid,
WAS Il beautiful one. the afternoon SUI
rejecting Il most charming light from
the .Egcan. We reached ltni KEN
about six o'clock. and riding up L" Il
coffee house got down from our weary
horses. glad enough to stretch our own
limbs also. We had none of Us ridden
all day however, but had occasionally
dismounted. driving our horses hc
fore lis.
lrni kcni is also Il Greek village and
the description of lcni Shchr will apply
t" it equally we'll After dismouniing
We looked around IL little, and on in
quiring for Il place to spend the night
were shown to the best mouse in til,
village, owned 10y quite an intelligent
Greek, where accommodations wcI,
provided for us. We had been in til,
Village hut Il few moments. when
among the people that crowded around
to Scc the strangers, We SAW two men
who woIe hats and looked a> if they
could speak English. :" We addressed
them Good evening"" and were an
>wcrcd in our mother tongue. They
were from an English tug boat that wa,
~ ing in the SEA ust ut the foot of tn,
hill below the town. 1t seemed good
To hear English spoken off there, and
the sailors seemed to ENJOY it aS we'll
After IL little we went down to the >hor,
and SAW their tug. The lIelleSpont,
as it was waiting for some sailing vessel
to tow up through the Strait.
We spent some time wandering along
the sea- shore. picking up sea shells,
moss and pebbles, and then just aS the
sun was setting, started back to the
village. The sunset was magnificent.
We could see Mount Athos, or Monte
Santc" as the Greeks call it, standing
out boldly against the sky. hope ia
30 there some vacation.
Our Greek host had asked us what
we wanted for dinner, and we ordered
soup and chicken. 1t came on about
eight o'clock, and we made out quite !;
good meal, which WAS served i'll quite
Frank style. Our host evidently was IL
man of some pretensionS. As usual
Ferguson (for we had adopted Mark
Twain's sobriquet for our Armenian in
terpreter,) was our mouth piece, aS he
knew some Greek as well as Turk iSh.
The rooms where we were lodged
contained long divan and several
chairs. besides table. When we wish
ed to retire our host brought in the
beds. Iou know that such Il thing as Il
bed-room is unknown in the East and Il
bedstead unheard of You cannot think
how convenient it is to have Il servant
bring the bed, quilts, sheets etc. to you
in what ever room you may happen to
he, and there you camp down for the
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