As the weather is warm have given up any further excursions in the country so must leave Greece without seeing Corinth. Thebes and other celebrated places all within 60 miles of Athens - in the evening walked out with the English gentlemen to find the groves of the Academy and retreat of Plato - we wandered accross fields and olive groves without knowing where we where - entering a narrow lane enquired at a little farm house - but could not make ourselves understood - the people spoke nothing but greek -

Leaving the house I was the foremost to reenter the narrow road - along which was advancing a party of gentlemen on prancing steeds - the first that came up where one of them in a greek dress Fez and Fustinelle - the other in plain clothes whom I addressed - Monsieur est celle a si vous plait, le bosquet del acadamie - he stopped his horse and replied - le bosquet est au pied della pettite colline ou est l'eglise - then the gentleman in the greek dress spoke and pointing says, par la, par la -

The rest of the party passed on rather briskly - was rather dusk and just observed that some of them were military - my companions coming up enquired what the King had said as the first in the greek dress was the young King of Greece, and the other that I addressed was his brother - both were very civil and was glad I spoke to them -

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