...of the canal appears to have been about 1 8 or 20 feet ; the level of the earth nowhere exceeds 1 5 feet above the sea ; the soil is a light clay. It...rises abruptly to an elevation of 800 to 1000 feet. From this canal to the extremity of the peninsula it is all holy ground, and parcelled out into ' metochis.'...

...width of the canal appears to have been about 18 or 20 feet; the level of the earth nowhere exceeds 1 5 feet above the sea ; the soil is a light clay. It...to the westward) rises abruptly to an elevation of 600 to 1000 feet. From this canal to the extremity of the peninsula it is all holy ground, and parcelled...

...width of the canal appears to have been about 18 or 20 feet ; the level of the earth nowhere exOeeds 15 feet above the sea ; the soil is a light clay. It is on the whole a very remarkable isthmus, 1w the land on each side (but more especi¿1ly to the westward) rises abruptly to an elevation of 800...

...of the canal appears to have been about 1 8 or 20 feet ; the level of the earth nowhere exceeds 1 5 feet above the sea ; the soil is a light clay. It is on the whole a very remarkable isthmus, bt the land on each side (but more especially to the westward) rises abruptly to an elevation of 800...

...the peninsula. In many places the canal is still deep, swampy at the bottom, and filled with rushes and other aquatic plants: the rain and small springs...rises abruptly to an elevation of 800 to 1000 feet." This cutting through the peninsula of Athos is alleged by Juvenal (Sat. x. 174) as a specimen of Greek...

...the water (except in very dry weather) runs out in a good stream. The distance across is 2500 yardst which agrees very well with the breadth of twelve...rises abruptly to an elevation of 800 to 1000 feet." This cutting through the peninsula of Athos is alleged by Juvenal (Sat. x. 174) as a specimen of Greek...

...shipping. The distance across the isthmus is 2500 yards, which agrees very well with • the breadth of 12 stadia assigned by Herodotus. The width of the canal...rises abruptly to an elevation of 800 to 1000 feet." Pen. Cyclop. Herodotus (vii. 24j considers that Xerxes performed this laborious work from motives of...

...of twelve stadia assigned by Herodotus. The width of the canal appears to have been about 18 or -0 feet; the level of the earth nowhere exceeds 15 feet above the sea; the soil is a light clay. About 14 mile to the westward of the north end of the canal is the village of Erso, which give* name...