panied the stranger, having perceived in the flock - a she-goat entirely white, ran up to play with her; but the goat, terrified at the sight of this animal, whose eyes were covered all over with hair, fled toward the top of the mountain, and the dog pursued her. The young man recalled his dog, which immediately returned to his feet, lowering his head and wagging his tail. He then slipped a leach round the dog's neck, and begging the shepherd to hold him fast, he ran after the goat, which still continued to flee before him; his dog however seeing him ready to disappear, gave so violent a jerk to Tirteus, that he made his escape with the leach about his neck, and ran with such speed, that in a short time, neither goat, traveller, nor dog were to be seen.

The traveller who had remained on the highway, was preparing to follow his companion, when the shepherd thus addressed him: Sir, the weather "is boisterous, night approaches, the forest and "the mountain are full of quagmires, in which

you may be in danger of losing yourself. Come "and repose yourself a while in my cottage, which " is not far from hence. I am perfectly sure that

my goat, which is very tame, will return of her"self, and bring back your friend to us, provided "he does not lose sight of her." In saying these words he applied his pipe to his mouth, and the flock immediately began to file off by a path toward the summit of the mountain. A large ram marched at the head of this little flock: he was followed by six she-goats, whose dugs almost touched the ground; twelve ewes accompanied by

their lambs, which were already considerably grown, came next; a she-ass and a colt closed the procession.

They

The stranger followed Tirteus in silence. ascended about six hundred paces, along an open down planted here and there with broom and rosemary: as they were entering the forest of oaks, which covers the top of Mount Lyceum, they heard the barking of a dog;, soon after they descried the young man's shock running toward them, followed by his master, who carried the white goat on his shoulders. Tirteus said to him: “ My son, though "this goat is dearer to me than any other of the "whole flock, I would rather have lost her than

that you should have endured so much fatigue in re"covering her; but if you please, you shall this night

repose in my cottage; and to-morrow, if you are "resolved to continue your journey, I will con"duct you to Tegeum, where you may be inform"ed of the road to Argos. Notwithstanding, Sirs, "if I may be permitted to advise, you will not depart from hence to-morrow, it is the feast of Jupiter, celebrated on Mount Lyceum, and people assemble here in multitudes from all Ar"cadia, and from a great part of Greece.

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If you are so good as to accompany me thither, when I "present myself at the altar of Jupiter, I shall be "rendered more acceptable by adoring him in "C company with my guests." The young stranger replied: "Oh, good shepherd: we accept with "cheerfulness your hospitality for this night, but

to-morrow with the dawn we must pursue our "journey toward Argos. We have for a long

"time been contending with the waves, in order "to reach that city so celebrated over the whole "earth, for it's temples, for it's palaces, and "from it's being the residence of the great Aga "" memon."

After he had thus spoken, they crossed a part of the forest of Mount Lyceum toward the East, and descended into a little valley sheltered from the winds. A fresh and downy herbage covered the sides of it's hills. At the bottom flowed a rivulet called Achelöus,* which falls into the river Alpheus, whose islands, covered with alder and linden-trees, are perceptible at a distance from the plain. The

name.

* There were in Greece several rivers and rivulets which bare this Care must be taken not to confound the brook which issued from Mount Lyceum, with the river of that name, which descended from Mount Pindus, and which separated Etolia from Acarnania. This River Achelöus, as the fable goes, changed himself into a Bull, in order to dispute with Hercules the possession of Deianira, daughter of Oeneus King of Etolia. But Hercules having seized him by one of his horns, broke it off; and the disarmed River was obliged to replace the lost horn, by assuming one taken from the head of the goat Amalthea. The Greeks were accustomed to veil natural truths under ingenious fictions. The meaning of the fable in question is this: The Greeks gave the name of Achelöus to several rivers, from the word Ayan, which signifies herd of oxen, either on account of the bellowing noise of their waters, or rather because their heads usually separated, like those of oxen, into horns or branches, which facilitate their confluence into each other, or into the Sea, as has been observed in the preceding Studies. Now the Achelöus being liable to inundations, Hercules the friend of Oeneus, King of Etolia, formed a canal for receiving the superflux of that river, according to Strabo's account, which weakened one of it's streams, and gave birth to the fabulous idea, that Hercules had broken off one of his horns. But as, on the other hand, there resulted from this canal a source of abundant fertility to the adjacent country, the Greeks added that Achelöus, in place of his bull's horn, had taken in exchange that of the , goat Amalthea, which, as is well known, was the symbol of plenty. trunk

trunk of an old willow, laid low by the hand of time, served as a bridge to the Achelöus: this bridge had no ledging, except some large reeds which grew on each side of it; but the brook, the bottom of which was paved with rocks, was so easily forded over, and so little use had been made of the bridge, that the convolvolus almost entirely covered it with it's heart-shaped foliage, and with flowers resembling white spires.

At a little distance from this bridge stood the dwelling of Tirteus. It was a small house covered with thatch, built in the middle of a mossy ground. Two poplars formed a shade for it to the West. On the South side, a vine surrounded the doors and windows with it's purple clusters, and with it's leaves already of the colour of fire. An old ivy sheltered it from the North, and covered, with it's ever-green foliage, a part of the staircase, which led on the outside to the upper story.

As soon as the flock approached the house they began to bleat, according to custom. Immediately a young maiden appeared, descending the staircase, and carrying under her arm a vessel to receive the milk which she was going to draw. Her robe was of white wool; her chesnut locks were turned up under a hat formed of the rind of the linden-tree; her arms and feet were naked, and instead of shoes she wore socks, as is the fashion of the young women of Arcadia. From her shape you would have thought her one of the nymphs of Diana; from her vase, that she was the Naïad of the fountain; but her timidity soon disco

vered her to be a shepherdess.

As soon as she

perceived the strangers, she cast down her eyes, and blushed.

Tirteus said to her: "Cyanea, my daughter, "make haste to milk your goats, and to prepare "something for supper, while I warm some water "to wash the feet of these travellers whom Jupiter "has sent to us.". In the mean while he entreated the strangers to repose themselves on a grass-plat, at the foot of the vine. Cyanea, having kneeled down on the turf, milked the goats which had assembled around her; and having finished, she led the flock into the sheep-fold, which stood at one end of the house. Tirteus in the mean time warmed water, and washed the feet of his guests, after which he invited them to walk in.

Night was already advanced; but a lamp suspended from the ceiling, and the blaze of the hearth, which was placed after the manner of the Greeks, in the middle of the habitation, sufficiently illuminated the interior of it. There were seen hanging round the walls, flutes, shepherd's crooks, scrips, moulds for making cheese; baskets of fruit and earthen pans full of milk stood full of milk stood upon shelves fastened to the joists. Over the door by which they had entered there was a small statue of the good Ceres, and over that of the sheep-fold a figure of the god Pan, formed from the root of an olive-tree.

As soon as the strangers were introduced, Cyanea covered the table, and served up cabbages with bacon, some wheaten bread, a pot filled with wine, a cream cheese, fresh eggs, and some of the second figs of the year, white and violet coloured. She

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