CHAPTER XVI

Athens--The excavation of marbles at Bassæ--Bronstedt's mishap--Fate of the Corinthian capital of Bassæ--Severe illness--Stackelberg's mishap --Trip to Albania with Hughes and Parker--Thebes--Livadia--The five emissaries--State of the country--Merchants of Livadia--Delphi--Salona --Galaxidi--Patras--Previsa--Nicopolis--Arta--The plague--Janina 216