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walls of some cottages, we observed fragments of architectural orna- 

 ments in marble, and a number of broken capitals and shafts of 

 columns in the cemetery. 



About a mile to the south-east of this place is a very ancient Turkish 

 burial-ground, filled with scattered ruins of a temple. Many in- 

 scribed marbles may be seen there. Among them we found the 

 following words : * 



% 



. . . PASA TH errATPi KE eatth ke to,.. . . 



From Chali-Leui we reached Gheumbrek Sou, which falls into 

 Camara Sou ; we crossed the former, and in an hour's time ar- 

 rived at the village Gheumbrek. The valley through which the 

 Camara and Gheumbrek Sou run, is supposed to be the vale of 

 Thymbra ; it is bounded by gently swelling knolls, and abounds with 

 beautiful shrubs. 



The village of Gheumbrek is four miles from Chali-Leui, and near 

 it is a gloomy grove of tall pines, to which we were taken by the 

 peasants to see the ruins of an ancient building. It appeared to us 

 to be the remains of a small Doric temple ; but there is not a frag- 

 ment of inscription or ornamental sculpture to indicate the period of 

 its erection, or the name of the deity to whom it had been con- 

 secrated. 



Here we were told of extensive ruins to be seen at a distance of 

 about four or five miles, and which, to raise our curiosity or to gain 

 higher pay for a guide, we were assured no traveller had ever visited. 

 Winding between the mountains in a southerly direction, in about an 

 hour and a half we came to ruins scattered among bushes and under- 

 wood, at a place called Palaio Atche Keui. On our road, Mustapha, 

 who had now entered in some degree into the objects of our research, 

 with great delight took us to a block of marble he had discovered 



* A similar mode of writing the E for AI is observable in other instances ; see the re- 

 marks at the end of the volume relating to some Greek inscriptions. We read in one, 

 voij.i7jj.oL Ts sTfla-rifLOv %pv<row xs upyvpovv y.e srefict x<rfjfj.u. 



