50 DEPARTURE FROM XANTHUS. 



obelisk in hopes of improving his often re- 

 peated copy of it. A plan, too, was made of 

 a large monastery of the middle ages, which 

 stands on the summit of the acropolis hill. It 

 is a strong quadrangular building of about 

 seventy yards long. The fallen cells of the 

 monks, and the site of the church are easily 

 made out within the strong walls which enclose 

 them, and which, from a distance, resemble a 

 middle-age fortress. 



At ten we took leave of this most interesting 

 site. A small party of Turks of both sexes, in- 

 habitants of the neighbouring huts, had assem- 

 bled to bid good-by to the last of the Ghiours 

 who had so suddenly come to live among them. 

 Their kind behaviour and gentle manner on the 

 occasion made a deep impression upon us. No 

 attempt was made by the good people to intrude 

 into the house until we had fully resigned it, 

 with the key, into the hands of the proprietress, 

 a widow, who had let it for the use of Sir C. 

 Fellows and the officers of the excavating party. 

 Then only did they enter to examine, and pre- 

 sently brought us some few trifling articles which 

 they supposed we had unintentionally left be- 

 hind. As we proceeded down the plain by the 



