PREFACE. 



The Plain of Marathon, from the Papers of the late Colonel 

 Squire, p. 329. 



In the year 1802, Colonel Squire was engaged with Colonel Leake 

 and Mr. Hamilton in a tour through parts of Greece ; the plain of 

 Marathon, the defile of Thermopylae, and the site of the battle of 

 Platsea were particularly examined by them ; and plans of these 

 spots so celebrated in the history of Greece, were taken. 



" The surveys," to use the words of Colonel Squire*, " were made 

 from abase measured by a chain ; the principal points being ascertain- 

 ed by angles observed with a theodolite." It is probable, that the 

 delay of publishing these plans arose from a desire of collecting some 

 additional details, and thus rendering them more full and perfect. 

 The topographical sketch, which is now engraved from the papers of 

 Colonel Squire, however incomplete, will serve to illustrate the 

 observations made by him and his companions on the spot. More 

 accurate geographical information respecting this and other parts of 

 Greece, may be shortly expected from Sir W. Gell, Mr. Hawkins, 

 and Colonel Leake, who have applied themselves with great industry, 

 to a survey of different districts of this country. Nos meilleurs 

 cartes de ce pays ne sont encore que des cartes hypothetiques. Tra- 

 duction de Strabon. T. iii. 101. 



* John Squire, late Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Corps of Engineers, was an officer 

 of distinguished talents. His death is sincerely lamented by his relatives ; and by those 

 who had various opportunities of being acquainted with the excellences of his heart and 

 understanding. He served his country in Egypt, South America, Holland, and Spain; 

 and died at Truxillo during the Peninsular war, A. D. 1812, in the thirty-third year of his 

 age, the victim of excessive fatigue and exertion. 



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The extracts from Colonel Squire's papers are printed by permission of the Rev. E. Squire. 



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