Not far away, the remains of an ancient tomb are still visible, probably of Phokas, son of Eakov. His brothers, Telamon and Peleus, accidentally killed him while playing, throwing stones. Pavzavy mentions this tomb, 'The present city is probably the one that was formerly called Ol. He is on the slope of a high cliff. This was preferred to the ancient one, probably because it was not so susceptible to attack by sea robbers. B city counts up to 00 houses. All of them are above ground, with low roofs, built of earth and sand, and are located in an amphitheater along the mountainside. It’s wonderful that there are no mosquitoes or other annoying pests here, which abound in almost the howling mudflows in Grätzsch. The well water here is beautiful; That's why they say the air is not healthy. Above the city you can see sunken mblnitsa, ponds, and the remains of the Veneshinskaya fortress, built in 165.
The island of Aegina® has a Bishop and many churches. The soil here is rocky, but in some places there is plenty of wheat, there are also olive trees, many almond trees, and grapes. I don’t know of a single island in the Archipelago6 on which there would be so many doves, pigeons and partridges: whole flocks of red-legged partridges flew up from under my feet, and the Greek who was with me caught one alive. For this reason, there are no hares, no lasitsa, no wolves at all. In summer, the streams almost dry up, and then the residents are forced to make do with well water. Pericles called Aegina a blemish in the eye of Piraeus.
It was sad to be so close to Lein.
and don’t spoil this famous city. I felt that almost the main goal of my journey was moving away from me! The great names disturbed my thoughts and soul; but had to submit to fate. The time of summer passed and drew us further. I was warned that the quarantine established by the Greek government in SkirosB is not equipped with anything; that there can hardly be found a shelter for a traveler, and for him there is no food, no bed, no peace of any kind; that he remains in the midst of uncleanliness, exposed to bedbugs and all sorts of reptiles, and there is not even a decent doctor or the necessary medicines: and meanwhile he must sit in this disgusting prison for zero days, in unbearable heat, without any company and almost without food. This alone can easily make you sick, and the ship won’t wait; It will be necessary for the traveler to hire a bad Greek boat to Aein; and there are new difficulties again! Almost all of Piraeus died out from widespread fevers, and in Aein itself it was so fierce at that time that the inhabitants scattered to other places; The king was in Germany, the foreign ministers had left, the government was powerless, and discord was agitating the whole country. Even if, despite all the inconveniences I described, I had rushed there to Fhat, I would have been in a different situation. How to get out of there? Plague appeared in Constantinople and Smyrna; steamships stopped going there; Kunecheskaya ships very rarely call at Aein, because trade there is non-profit. And so it would be necessary to make our way by land to Chatras, and from there to Korou. In addition to the danger of being traded in places, there are a lot of robbers, and the government is powerless, I should have sailed from Corfu to Ancona, and from there sailed to Rome, definitely bypassing Malta, Sicily, Naples. And to go there from Rome and again toss and turn along the same road to Rome would be both long and too expensive. Thinking about all this, I grieved for the Aeins that were precious to me, and wanted to stealthily and casually go to Corinne, Argos and Nauplu. The good Kanitan agreed to this. I still consoled myself that the Aeins are now of little interest to the traveler. Their last siege and fires destroyed almost everything ancient, and if anything was left, then to make new searches, after Strabo, Pavzash, Plina, and many new writers, starting with Gilles, Zeller, Chandler, Stuart, Roy, Choiseul, to Chateaubr1an, Michaud, and more than ever Fauvel, it would be empty on my part demand yours. All you had to do was go there, despite all the obstacles, to say to the last person: I was in Aeinah! I am not writing a scientific travelogue, but only compiling some notes. I’m limited by what I saw myself; I think I'll have enough.
I made an agreement with the Captain in this way: he had to go straight to Navili and wait for me there, even for a week, because he needed to deposit part of his cargo, which consisted of Russian leathers, in Navili. At this time, I could hire a boat from Aeginthos and go on it to Korine, and from there I could ride on horseback to Nafplius. Thus, without wasting time, I could see part of the Morea.