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enter the Ionian Sea. Actium Is situated near the Umbracian Gulf near here and at this place Octavianus defeated Marc An tony in A B. C. On the southwest of the island of Leukas or Santa Maria Is the Lencadian Rock. a promontory on the east end of which stood a temple to Apolla. In the old times unhappy lovers used to leap from this rock into the sea. It was from this place that Sappho plung- ed when Phaon did not respond to her love.
 Patras we reached about o'clock in was the 9th of September if Greece, for here the Julian calendar is used while we adopted the Gresorian calendar from western Europe. Patras has a beautiful situation on the Gulf of Patras and on an elevation above the harbor, giving a broad view of Mesoiongh. on the north and to the south the mountains of Olym- pia. Byron fell at Mesolonghi while fighting with Greece against the Turks. His heart Is buried here and his memory is held in great reverence by all Greeks. Two monuments have been raised to him, one here and one on the Esplanade near the Royal Gardens in Athens. The route from Carfu to Patras led us through the strait between Leakas and Kephallenia on the east side of Ithaca, an outline of which can be seen. From zante, on the Island of zakynthos come the famous entrants of that name, such quantities of which are brought 10 America To the north from Zante are the Daxia islands, scene of the naval battle Of Peuanto, Oc- tober 6. 1871, between the Spanish and Venetian fleet under Don John of Aus tria and the Turks. Ali Pasha was killed in this fight and some 21V of his 250 ships were sunk. Patras has a population of 5000, and is the largest city of the Pele- ponnesas and one of the liveliest busi- ness centers of Greece. Patras is far more modern than the Italian towns. The carriages are like ours and for once we saw horses hitched to wagon like we do it in America The custom over Eu- rope when two horses are used is to put on an extra pair of shafts or an extra single tree and go along as awkwardly as can be imagined. Sometimes three horses are so laced up and they look like part of triumphal procession. but are merely hauling cabbage. tomatoes, grapes and figs to market. Greece is progressing along all lines and think this simple fact of having learned how to hitch up a wagon very significant, indeed. Patras is the capital of Achaia and it Is entitled to a bishop of the Greek church as are all the states. To became a bishop is of course great honor and carries a life position. In order to get chance at the appointment a priest is required to give up wife and children and transfer all his property to them and go into retreat for ten years. Then he may wait life time and still miss 1t.
 Olympia, where the celebrated Olym- plan games were played, Is some five hours by rail from Patras. These games took place at the first full moon after the summer solstice and at lhis time heralds, crowned with olive leaves and bearing the staff of Hermes, were sent to every state and island, proclaiming universal peace and inviting competitors to the great festival. The period of the contests was five days. The Ithmian games took place every two years and the Athenian games occurred every four years. These con tests were the mesns of uniting Greece
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