Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-08-04

the relics of ancient times, q view Of which
takes the visitor back to the days when
sages and poets, statesmen and warriors,
architect and artisan, combined to en-
heilish their cities. The palace and
gardens are not so fine as | had hoped TO
see.
We next visit the burial plat of Agia
Triada. About one-half of the ground
has been excavated and some monumental
specimens exposed that were placed there
2,200 years ago. They are of various de-
signs representing departed scenes. One
is very touching. 1t is that of a father
taking leave of his family. They are
gathered about him hearing his parting
words and receiving his affectionate fare
well. Many other designs are seen, such
as the statue of a STOPPING slave, the
monuments of DeXileus and of Lysanias
In 1862 the Bull was excavated. The
sexton showed me vase in which lay
human bones charred by heat They were
nearly all reduced to ashes. He indi-
Gated that cremation had been in practice;
but the bones were not of so great antiq-
uity as he supposed. | have seen so many
statues, relics, paintings, etc, that am
simply fatigued with them, and but for an
other look at Centaurs Lapithea, Sphynxes
and Grifiins, would turn aside to other i'm
ages. / am perfectly satisfied from these
walls and plates to believe that the Athe-
mans defeated the Amazons, and that they
were, and still are very proud of it.
On our way to Eleusis we have beauti-
full view of the plain of Cephissus and the
sea. Eleusis was once the second city of
Attica. The ruins cite to buildings of
magnificent construction and proportions.
Some of the buildings date back to the
Egyptian period, and many of them to the
Roman. Both here and at Athens we
saw tables of their laws written on stone
slabs, that were still we'll preserved 1t is
but half mile to the old Grecian harbor,
from which we can distinctly see the place
where the great naval conflict between the
Persians and the Greeks took place, 4S0
B. c., ending in the terrible slaughter at
the Pass of Thermopyle.
Upon our return 10 Athens we viewed
the national feast entertainments, in
which the regular soldiers and the na-
tional guards took the most prominent
part. A Greek band, with sixty-four
pieces, discoursed music such as is nowhere
exceeded. The Greek uniform is beauti-
ful-the white kilt, the skin-tight blue
breeches, the high-tasseled fez, the long
canoe slipper-shoe with turned-up toes and
blue tassel, make n fine display. The
Greek soldier is no sloth. The grace of
his movement and the dignity of his bear
ing commend Themselves to your admira-
ton.
The churches, school, colleges, business
blocks, imports, exports and general enter
prise of the Greeks carried on in European
style are destined to make them great
people again, and soon lead other nations
Of the Levant in art and learning
We are now off for Brindisium, and will
look upon the ancient ruins Of Corinth
But few columns remain of the
great city where lived the Apostle
Paul laboring with his own hands ana
preaching for period of one year and
six months. A few broken fragments
are all that mark the site of Corinth.
Its rich spoils were carried to other
cities, and its depopulated district was
unable to rebuild it. The degraded ma
tives, who now live there in stone huts,
are too indolent to wash their filthy faces,
and are literally dying of inactivity.
II. J. BECKER.