He was to build a city on that spot, and call the surrounding country Bœotia. […] Theseus, after performing many other wonderful actions, was banished from his country, and died in obscurity. […] Bakoo and the surrounding country abound in naphtha and petroleum. […] Had the Hindoos then conquered the country which now bears their name? […] In this country, as in Brittany, many popular superstitions still attach to these remains of ancient paganism.