Contributions in aid of the Society will be thankfully received by Rev. Ebenezer Prout, at the Mission House, Blomfield-street, Finsbury, London; by James S. Mack, Esq., S.S.C., 2, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh; Robert Goodwin, Esq., 235, George-street, and Religious Institution Rooms, 12, South Hanover-street, Glasgow; Rev. Alex. King, Metropolitan Hall, Dublin; and by Rev. John Hends, Brooke Ville, Monkstown, near Dublin. Post-Office Orders should be in favour of Rev. Ebenezer Prout, and payable at the General Post Office.

WILLIAM STEVENS, PRINTER, 37, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAB.

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MISSIONARY CHRONICLE.

SEPTEMBER, 1863.

Apostolic Footprints in Europe.-Notes of a Visit to Greece.

II. CORINTH.

TRAVELLERS who visit Greece cannot go far into the country, in any direction, without lighting on some valley, or hill, or storied ruin, baptized by poetry, or redolent of imperishable national remembrances. To see, to examine all, would require a much longer time than tourists in general are able to give to such an object; so that they have to content themselves with a selection; and that selection has as much to be made dependent upon the facilities for reaching the spots chosen, as on any special interest attaching to the spots themselves. The authorities in Greece-like many of their Oriental neighbours have yet much to learn in the matter of roads; and though there appears little probability at present of the invasion of the "iron horse," for whose progress "valleys are exalted, and mountains and hills are laid low, the crooked made straight, and the rough places plain ;"-a process for which Greek enterprise has not yet been found sufficient; primarily, perhaps, because the resources of the country have been hitherto so imperfectly developed ;-yet much might be done to make the transit from place to place more easy than it is. A little of Western energy and determination, under wise and judicious direction, would work wonders, and Greek and strangers be grateful for the change.

A ride of three or four hours from Athens, by a road which crosses the Cephisus, brought our party to the foot of Pentelicus, which, for the purpose of examining its richly-veined marble quarries, as well as for an inspection of its curious grotto, half-way up the mountain, is worthy of a visit, but especially for the magnificent prospect which, in fine weather, is obtained from the summit. Negropont, the ancient Euboea, lies in a north-eastern direction, separated from the main land

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