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scription, of which we had heard from the Austrian 

 consul at Rhodes, who had called it " the tomb 

 of Hippias." We first descended the hill-side 

 towards the sea, to view a column spoken of 

 by the villagers. It proved to be a square style, 

 nine feet high, hollowed out for a little depth at 

 the summit, with a window or perforation looking 

 due north, opening into the cavity. It was hewn 

 out of a single block of limestone, and erected on 

 a basement of two steps high. There was no 

 trace of an inscription upon it. It stood alone 

 with no ruins near it. Its form reminded us of 

 the square monuments of Xanthus, of which it 

 seemed a ruder type ; and when gazing on it 

 we could not help fancying that we stood before 

 a fire-worshipper's altar. 



From this we proceeded along the coast to 

 a remarkable white cape, which presented the 

 aspect of chalk in the distance, but which proved 

 to be scaglia, altered so as to resemble a crystal- 

 line marble by the protrusion of dykes of igneous 

 rock. Towards sunset we reached a reported 

 " church," being a very splendid Greek tomb, 

 built of square blocks of polished scaglia, in 

 its form closely resembling a modern Greek 

 chapel. This was the tomb spoken of by the 



