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They had been directed, when they were dispatched from the fleet, to lay up a monument of stones at the furthest point which they should reach in their cruise a measure often resorted to in similar cases, by way of furnishing proof that a party thus sent forward have really advanced as far as they pretend on their return.Stories napa county record of the battle.THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYL.They agreed upon signals, and raised piles of wood for beacon fires on every commanding elevation along the coast while all the roads leading from the threatened provinces to other regions more remote from napa county record the danger were covered with flying parties, endeavoring to make their escape, and carrying, wearily and in sorrow, whatever they valued most and were most anxious to save.All these islands and coasts were high and picturesque.The whole mass of seamen in the Persian fleet, during this terrible napa county record night, were panic stricken and filled with horror.This corps was from Phocis, which, being the state nearest to the scene of conflict, had furnished a larger number of soldiers than any other.A Persian detachment sent up napa county record the path.The country, of course, was every where in a state of the greatest excitement and terror.Debate in regard napa county record to defending Thermopyl.