1^'d M E M O I R S 0/ the 
method :, tKercfore the two uppcrmoft rooms were not fb divided, 
nor perhaps had ever any bodies laid in them, unlels that of the 
founder alone, whole ilatue, wrapped up in his fhroud, and in a 
lying pofturc, was placed in a niche, or rather window, in the 
front of the monument, fo as to be leen both within and without j 
near to this ilatue was the following infcription, 
TO mnhmeion ekti^an f.aabhaeC mannaioC Qo- 
XAET^ MAAXOC OTABAAAAG>OT TOT MANNAIOT TOT 
EAABHAOT ATT<y KAI TlOlQ ETOT^ AIT MHNO^^ HAN- 
AIKOT. 
It is a little doubtful, whether ATTw fhould not rather be 
made ATTOI(^, or elle there mufl be a fault in the verb, and all 
thole but the names of one perlon. 
The other monument was very like this, only the front and 
entry were towards the north, and it was not altogether fo exqui- 
iite, nor fo well painted, but the carvings were as good, and it 
ihcwcd altogether as ftately and magnificent as the former^ be- 
sides, it had the advantage in age of a whole century of years, 
as appears from the date of the following infcription 3 it is placed 
above a niche in the front, adorned with handlbme borders and 
corniches j doubtlefs the place of Ibnie ftatue, and probably that 
of the founder. 
MNTkMEION AI»NION PEPA^ ft^KOAOMH^EN FIXO^ 
MOKIMOT TOT KAIAKIAACI(^0T TOT MA... OT ElKTE 
EATTON KAI TIOT^^; KAI EirONOTC ETOT^ AIT MHNEI 
^ANAIK«y. 
This i*; the moft ancient infcription Mr. Halifax met with in 
^adfTiory the 5r4th year from the death o^ Alexander the Greats 
prececding the birth of our Saviour about 10 years ; the other 
infcription is alio 20 or 30 years before the reign of Hadriafiy 
and conlcquently before the Romans got footing here 5 and from 
thcfe fumptuous ftruclures, and theie coftly Alaufoka we may 
reafonably conclude, they were a potent and opulent people be- 
fore they became lubjeif to the Roman Sy and were not obliged to 
fhcm for their greatnefs, 
A Voyage 
