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gg ASIA MINOR. 



mask, and the copper the same abbreviation round an altar, on which 

 incense is burning. As these were frequently found here, we were 

 convinced that we were on the site of Parium, where Priapus had a 

 temple raised to him, after his worship had been suppressed with 

 ignominy at Lampsacus. The walls of this city, which fronted the 

 sea, still remain, and are built of large blocks of squared marble with- 

 out mortar. We saw ruins of an aqueduct, reservoirs for water, and 

 the fallen architraves of a portico. There are also some subterranean 

 buildings, whose arched roofs incline or dip from the horizontal 

 level. As Ka^ap^ means both arch and aqueduct, we can be at no 

 loss for the derivation of Camaris, the modern name of the town. 

 The circuit of ancient Parium has been about four miles. The only 

 inscriptions we found were built into the walls of the modern village, 

 and are merely epitaphs of private individuals. We transcribe two 

 of them : 



nOnAIOZ KAI KA AIOOANTHL 

 KOINTOS rONETZIN* TAMEINONOS 

 MNHMHS XAPIN XAIPE 



As the wind continued unfavourable for us, we took what articles 

 we might want out of our ship, leaving an English servant on board 

 to meet us with the remainder of our baggage at the Dardanelles. 

 As this village would only furnish three horses for ourselves and our 

 interpreter, we took the owner of one of them, as a guide, on foot, 

 and were rejoiced at this opportunity, which unexpectedly presented 

 itself, of viewing the shores of the Hellespont. 



We set out, March 6th, from Camaris, at about half-past twelve 

 o'clock, and in a short time came to two ruined arches of an aqueduct, 

 which had supplied Parium with water. Here a bridge crosses the 



* The Abbe Belley, in the 34th vol. of the Memoires de PAcademie des I. observes; 

 Je nc me souviens pas d'avoir vu sur aucune inscription l'expression xa.) rolg yovevtrt ; elle 

 est singuliere. P. 618. See Gruter's Thes. Append. 1127. 



