12 RUINS OF MARMORA? 



fessor Schonbrun's conjecture, that the former 

 marked the site of Marmora, whilst he fancied 

 he had found in the latter the true position 

 of Olbia. At Sorahajik he re-examined the in- 

 scription in which there seemed to be an ab- 

 breviation of the name of Apollonia, and throws 

 doubts upon the correctness of our former 

 reading of the letters. 



He gives the following account of his visit 

 to Tchandeer : " I passed from Sorahajik directly 

 over the mountains, almost under the craggy 

 part of that side of Beydagh looking towards 

 Karditch, passed down the Tchandeer valley 

 on the left bank of the main stream, and 

 then through the village of Tchandeer. About 

 an hour or so beyond, I came to tombs by 

 the road-side. Here I bivouacked for two 

 nights in a field, (there being no house near,) 

 almost opposite Tchandeer Assar, the Genoese 

 fortress, which was distinctly visible. From 

 the tombs I ascended to the fortress, about 

 an hour's walk up the mountain, and found 

 several tombs with inscriptions, but no name ; 

 one or two rock-tombs ; remains of extremely 

 rude or rather unadorned architecture, all con- 

 structed for strength ; and from the immense 



