Of Crows and Swans and Calamine
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Cover
Publisher and copyright
Introduction
Antiparos
An island without a history
The contempt of the Pariotes — The crows and the Swans
The pirates’ haunts — A lucky windfall
The wretched town
The priest — The old wizards and their divinations
Dancing and song — Idleness
Visit to the grotto
Appearance of mouth
Traces of antiquity
Perils of the way — The illumination and effect — Popular dread — Curious belief
The hall — Resemblance to a church — M. de Nointel’s Christmas mass
His retinue
Their names
King Otho again
The ascent
Our offering to St. John
NOTE. On the Prehistoric Remains of Antiparos.
Excavation and discoveries
Difficulty of assigning date
Argument from analogy of remains at Santorin
Index of Photographs and Illustrations