[28]. There are two extensive marshes, mostly overgrown with great reeds, one at each end of the field. The Persians, of course, were driven back into the marsh at the north end. This was represented in the painting on the Stoa.
[29]. The famous mound in the middle of the battle-field, mentioned by Pausanias, and described by all modern travellers.
[30]. Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s Visit to Iceland, p. 32.
[31]. Russian Shores of the Black Sea, by L. Oliphant, p. 335.
[32]. A Visit to Europe in 1851, vol. ii. p. 317. By Professor Benjamin Silliman. New York: Putnam, 1854.
[33]. Ida Pfeiffer’s Visit to Iceland, p. 40.
[34]. The Initials, by the Baroness Tautphœus, i. 205.
[35]. Translation of a Chinese song.
[36]. The Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East: A Historical Summary. London: Murray, 1854.