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ASIA MINOR. 



with a Greek inscription on it : it had been the pedestal of a statue 

 to Agrippa. 



MAPKON ArPinnAN TON 2TNTENEA 

 KAI I1ATP&NA TH2 nOAEflS KAI 

 ETEPrETHN Eni TH IIPOS THN ©EON 

 ETSEBEIA KAI EIII TH nPOS TONAHMON 

 ETNOIA. 



Near this inscription is the statue of a female in a sitting posture ; 

 a robe is thrown gracefully over the left knee, and a zone is closely 

 clasped beneath the breasts. On each side of the chair is represented 

 a lion resting on his haunches. A great number of broken inscrip- 

 tions of different ages is scattered around. The most striking object 

 is part of the arch of a portico formed of large blocks of marble, on 

 which are three garlands of olive with inscriptions in each : OI NEOI 

 in one; in another OAHMOS O MTTIAHNAIflN j in a third, the 

 words are not all of them discernible : but we saw IAIfl PX1MAIX1N. 

 Within the arch was written AnOAAXlNOS TOT IAIEO£ EPMOK- 

 PATO . . Another fragment contains the name of Minerva 

 THA6HNAI. 



CHAP. III. 



Aqueduct at Camara-Sou. — Bounarbashi. — Extract from Sibthorp's Journal. — Erie . — 

 Bairamitche. — Source and Cascade of the Mender. — Summit of Ida. 



We now proceeded in a north-east direction, and came once more to 

 the banks of the Camara-Sou, which are here very bold and pictu- 

 resque. We found an ancient aqueduct, crossing the river, at a con- 

 siderable height above its bed. Though much injured by time it is 

 still so striking an object as to give the name of the " Aqueduct 

 river" to the stream that runs beneath it. The principal arch is 



