[The travellers left Prevesa on October 1, and arrived at Janina on October 5. They left Janina on October 11, and reached Zitza at nightfall (Byron at 3 A.M., October 12). They left Zitza on October 13, and arrived at Tepeleni on October 19.]

["The Prior of the monastery, a humble, meek-mannered man, entertained us in a warm chamber with grapes and a pleasant white wine.

We were so well pleased with everything about us that we agreed to lodge with him." Hobhouse's Travels in Albania, i. 73.]

Epirus' bounds recede, and mountains fail; 2

Tired of up-gazing still, the wearied eye Reposes gladly on as smooth a vale As ever Spring yclad in glassy dye: Ev'n on a plain no humble beauties lie,

Where some bold river breaks the long expanse,

And woods along the banks are waving high,

Whose shadows in the glassy waters dance,

Or with the moonbeam sleep in Midnight's solemn trance.

[The site of Dodona, a spot "at the foot of Mount Tomaros" (Mount Olytsika) in the valley of Tcharacovista, was finally determined, in 1876. Behind Dodona, on the summit of the many-named chain of hills which confronts Mount Tomaros, are "bouquets de chêne," sprung it may be from the offspring of the "talking oaks," which declared the will of Zeus.

Byron and Hobhouse, on one of their excursions from Janina, explored and admired the ruins of the "amphitheatre," but knew not that "here and nowhere else" was Dodona.]

[The six days' journey from Zitza to Tepeleni is compressed into a single stanza. The vale (line 3) may be that of the Kalama, through which the travellers passed (October 13) soon after leaving Zitza, or, more probably, the plain of Deropoli ("well-cultivated, divided by rails and low hedges, and having a river flowing through it to the south"), which they crossed (October 15) on their way from Delvinaki, the frontier village of Illyria, to Libokhovo.]

But when the lingering twilight hour was past,

Revel and feast assumed the rule again: Now all was bustle, and the menial train Prepared and spread the plenteous board within;

The vacant Gallery now seemed made in vain,

But from the chambers came the mingling din,

As page and slave anon were passing out and in.

LXI.

Here woman's voice is never heard: apart,

And scarce permitted — guarded, veiled to move,

She yields to one her person and her heart,

Tamed to her cage, nor feels a wish to

rove:

For, not unhappy in her Master's love, And joyful in a mother's gentlest cares, Blest cares! all other feelings far above! Herself more sweetly rears the babe she bears,

Who never quits the breast no meaner passion shares.

LXII.

In marble-paved pavilion, where spring

a

Of living water from the centre rose, Whose bubbling did a genial freshness fling,

And soft voluptuous couches breathed repose,

ALI reclined, a man of war and woes: 1 Yet in his lineaments ye cannot trace, While Gentleness her milder radiance throws

Along that agéd venerable face, The deeds that lurk beneath, and stainhim with disgrace.

time, it begins each year eleven days earlier than in the preceding year, so that in thirty-three years it occurs successively in all the seasons." Imp. Dictionary. In 1809 the Rhamazan fell in October.]

[Ali Pasha (1741-1822) acquired supreme power over Epirus and Albania. His final conquest of Parga, in 1810, aroused the jealousy of the Porte, and he was surprised by the Turkish troops, and shut up in Janina.]

[This was prophetic. "On the 5th of February, 1822, a meeting took place between Ali and Mohammed Pasha. When Mohammed rose to depart, the two viziers, being of equal rank, moved together towards the door.

As they parted, Ali bowed low to his visitor, and Mohammed, seizing the moment when the watchful eye of the old man was turned away, drew his hanjar, and plunged in Ali's heart. He walked on calmly to the gallery, and said to the attendants, Ali of Tepalen is dead' The head of Ali was exposed at gate of the serai." - Finlay's Hist. of Greece, 1877. vi. 94, 95.]

the

Vain fear! the Suliotes stretched the welcome hand,

Led them o'er rocks and past the

dangerous swamp,