CHAPTER XVIII.

Start for Meteora--Rencontre with a Wounded Traveller--Barbarity of the Robbers--Albanian Innkeeper--Effect of the Turkish Language upon the Greeks--Mezzovo--Interview with the chief Person in the Village--Mount Pindus--Capture by Robbers--Salutary effects of Swaggering--Arrival under Escort at the Robbers' Head-Quarters--Affairs take a favourable turn--An unexpected Friendship with the Robber Chief--The Khan of Malacash--Beauty of the Scenery--Activity of our Guards--Loss of Character--Arrival at Meteora 257