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with the true mistletoe, Loranthus ewropeeus, which
still serves to make birdlime, whilst our misseltoe,
Viscus album, in Greece grows only on the silver
fir, Screaming among these ancient oaks was the
jay, still called by its ancient name; and the water-
ouzel, flying along the rocky sides of the Alpine
rivulets of Arcadia, was regarded as probably the
white blackbird, which Aristotle says is peculiar to
the neighbourhood of Cyllene.” But, amidst these
varied floral and ornithological riches, our travellers
looked in vain for the beauty of Arcadian shep-
herdesses, and listened equally in vain for the pipe
of the sylvan swain. Owing to the oppression
of the Government, many of these poor people
were driven to lead a precarious and predatory life
among the mountains.

At Hermione, now called Castri, in the Argolic
peninsula, famous for the purple dye anciently
prepared there, they found a vast pile of the shells
from which that dye was obtained, and still de-
nominated porphyri, the species being the Murex
trunculus of Linneus. From this place they re-
turned by land to Argos, whence they proceeded
to complete their tour, and, after various adven-
tures, arrived again at Zante on the 29th April.
There Dr Sibthorp parted from his faithful com-
panion, whom he was destined never to see again.
Mr Hawkins returned to Greece while his friend