Three weeks bad elapsed since the parting of Iskander and Nic?|us, when the former, at the head of ten thousand men, entered by a circuitous route the defiles of Mount H?|mus, and approached the Turkish camp, which had been pitched, upon a vast and elevated table-ground, commanded on all sides by superior heights, which, however, were fortified and well-garrisoned by Janissaries. The Epirots halted, and immediately prepared to raise their tents, while their commander, attended by a few of his officers, instantly proceeded to the pavilion of Karam Bey.