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Full text of "Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c. during the years 1812 and 1813 scription by ./Elian. The fine allusion of Lucan to this subject is well known to the classical reader.* We were extremely unfortunate in the day which conducted us through the scenery of Tempe. The rain of the morning had ceased, but the clouds still hung heavily upon the mountains, and here and there descended below the summit of the cliffs which bound the valley. The foliage too, though yet exhibiting its autumnal tints, had now lost in part that richness and profusion which belong to a less ad- vanced time of the year, and the approach of winter showed itself in all the features of the landscape. While our cavalcade was slowly proceeding down the defile, the Dervish who travelled with us, en- tertained the party by
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