New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14


TRADITIONS OF TIE ISLAND.
~, briefly describe 1t as the largest OF the
~" s,raece being about 1873 miles long and
h". niles broad at the widest part mountain
'""- -, extremely fertile: inhabited by 3Oo,oVo
oSS =. whom $4,000 are Moslems. and with
- large towns. Canea. Gambia and Reti-
CIV ,,h % 900 l4O0D and 5000 inhabitants. re-
"..o,,- So much one may CLEAN from any
- B,,t not in that nor in the more de-
-. aesc,intion Of the encyclopedia Will you
az 80 than the remotest hint OF the fascina-
' ,iob invests this famous island Homers
IF q Hundred Cities. the birthplace and
,,r,o, Mace of the King Of the Olympian
'" the scene Of some of the finest romances
e anthology. the burial place OF the great spar
-. ,avgiver. and the scene of some OF the most
Ia" .,,,,, Incidents in the early development Of
Chris,ianlty' n.
- 90, land OF old upheaven from the abyss by
. :, has scarcely one bit Of ground that can
...oned a plain, though that back of Canea Is 50
=, --ov hits OF land so near the centre OF
.,nrzstion are so little known. and few are pet
-. 81. knowing for every foo. of II Is his
,cric ground. . ,,.,
n
va The splendid peak that crowns the whoie
.,.,.o,,s mass. II towers more than mile
.naa half above the waters Of the Mediterranean
.o,,o zoo lofty to be the birthplace Of zeus The
cro,ars of to-day have corrupted its ancient
4r., Nsaha or Netha and called the sum-
49,. Of i, Yps.lorlte At its feet nestle the TWO
M. ,s,,i.als OF the island. or what is left OF
.,,r At the northeast are Gnossus Minoss
po,,sn capital. both long ago reduced to hopeless
,.. ,,,oesus stood where now stands the VII
- ,,,l,ri ,reikos the Long Wall There the
60 ,r,incer Daedalus. lived. and there ne
.,.,r,ved for Minos the famous labyrinth IN
- tn. N,inotaur was confined. No trace OF
49,. ,,,,.r,,th can be found there AT this day,
,ho,,eh there &, one as will presently be seen. al
Gortyna -.,,,. az, r,NDIA
,,,ord caoitals were the rule. in ancient times
g.. .afat,. from, the rovcrs of the sea- though
~ mus, have its neiehboring and convenient
,,ort So Athens had its Piraeus, and Rome ,ts
os,ia C,rosslis had two: one " as Amrlsus OF no
,rosert Interest The other and more important
10Th then and now. was Heraklion. as the GREEKS
s,u call r. The Saracens, when they INVADED
.ho island seized Heraklion and made VI thelr
,or,,ol calling if Khandak. which means an IN
,,o,cbr,ort That name has been MODIFIED ana
..r,e-cd i,to Gambia the common name Of the
,,eca ~ the present day. though ii has often
,oe,, called TIeroklion in recent news dispatches
rho oo,oa Gambia was extended by the Saracsn5
a. tho whole island and in sorle degree accepted
~ the natives but by mos. of them the good OLD
name has been retained Even the Turks now
,au The island Krit or Krit SO far as the local
e,rllcoiion If the name Khandak is concerned
I.,veyer II is 10 he observed in passing that the
~ exc give II TO any stagnant trench or canal
and en- narhaps. 10 the neglected port Of HeraK-
,,cr The town is also called Megalo kastron' OF
Greet Fort a name which has come down from
the Venetian DAYS when the place had an enor-
nouslv strong fortress, the taking OF when by
the Turks cost so many lives that the vlctors
called the island the "Sepulchre Of Islam
Some six miles south of Gambia is Mount lux
,as the tabled burial place Of Zeus one OF us
sllres Is now occupied by great Mosiem Der
wish monastery \ little further on. as one traV-
els eastward in the upper valley OF the kar'ero
River. is the village Of Kastritzi. It's present
name is unknown to history, but IL stahus Ill 'iie
shadow Of a great name. for it occupies the site
of ancient Iycastus. Near by is Nidhia, whose
tile 10 recoc ,ition similarly rests on us occu-
nancy Of the site Of Lyttus, once great CITY, OIL
which the former a,d present Chersonesus was
the port These cities stood on terraces high UP
On the mountain sides.
THE pen, NSULA OF SITIA.
Passing the Cape OF -. Johc.. or ZuaAo, and the
Gulf Of Mirabella VIXEN latter nearly cuts 'he
island In two. the vo:aGer reaches the easter"
peninsula Of sitia It's CHIEF town is Sitia' on the
BAY Of sitia and it is identical with the ancient
Itea ;he change in the form Of the name Illus
irating a common tendency Of Cretan speech 10
,refx .s- or tn TO words beginning with a
vowel Sitia stands at the foot Of beautiful
and fertile valley which eXtends half way across
the island Further up the same valley lies lhe
village Of TorlOte. cN eiy owned by the famous
Venetian family Of DaadolC. who st:l! live there
Vavolios near Cape Sidero, Is near the site OF an
Ger. Praesus. and on the bare summit or hopra
Kernalo $500 feet high was the temple or DC
teean Joye Cape Sidero forms the northwestern
cy,rarnitv Of Crete. A litte south OF IT Is cape
salroone. which was tn first land Of Crete sight
cd Pm 81. Paul. and which his AleXandrian snip
had a hard time in passing
TIE coast Of this eastern end OF Crete Is mostly
barren. Wild and forbidding. Precpitous cliffs
- ,rhi.e limestone rent with rugged chasms
tower high above the waves The water just on
shore &c ,o~,. deep. but II has for unnumbered
centuries been a faNor!te PiaSe h'' 'Po"eS-i'"
ing Tie only port If indeed it may be so called
on this coast Is Zakro Bay, above which. on the
hills hangs the village Of Zakro, near the site OF
ancient Itanus.
Nor is the southern coast Of the eastern enc
much more hospitable It offers few harbors ant
boasts few owns The chief place in all ina
part Of the Island is Ierapetra, Hierapetra, o.
Grspetra as you please, on the site OF ancieh
Hierapytna. In this south central part or I'M
island too. are the Jew Castle. Tchlfoot kasteiii
and Axe Kephala the site of the Arcadia o
Plny. which latter place disputes with Noun
Ida the honor Of being the birthplace OF Zeus-
MEMORIES OF ST. PAUL.
At just about the centre Of the south shore !
Kaloi Limenes the Fair Havens Of St Paul l