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old man home with the umbrella and traps, 

 and started myself in search of tombs and in- 

 scriptions. Strange to say, I, that afternoon, 

 could find but one tomb, and that a built sarco- 

 phagus : there had been an inscription at the 

 end, but, either from the badness of the lime- 

 stone, or its elevated position, scarcely a letter 

 could be made out ; and this I afterwards found 

 to be the case in every instance where inscriptions 

 occur in Serhghe. Having failed at this tomb, 

 I walked in the direction of a Turkish burial- 

 ground in hopes of better success ; but I will say 

 at once, that nothing was to be made out on any 

 of the few tombs which I found, on this or the 

 three succeeding days. The last day I found a 

 longer inscription ; but it had shared, with time, 

 the same fate as the rest. The following morn- 

 ing, before it was time to begin to colour, I 

 began measuring and planning. At ten o'clock 

 I went to my colouring, and at three or four 

 recontinued my exploring ; and so passed all 

 four days. On the third day I made a sketch, 

 looking back upon the height from where I had 

 made my first, with standing Ionic columns for 

 the foreground : and on my fourth day I deter- 

 mined to attempt the glories of Boz-boroom ; but 



