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ancestors." Pagniotti was evidently sincere, 

 when he made this reply. 



March 7th.— At noon we left Isna for Anti- 

 phellus : our road continued along the side of the 

 mountain, in view of the sea, at about the same 

 level as the village, until we came in sight of 

 the town and port of Antiphellus, two hours after 

 leaving Isna. We now began to descend by a 

 zig-zag and difficult path towards the head of the 

 long narrow inlet of the sea, called Vathy, which 

 enters behind the site of Antiphellus. About an 

 hour after leaving Isna, we passed a Urook 

 encampment on a small level spot on the side 

 of the mountain, called Ghiour Kara. Here, 

 as at Isna, and our bivouac under it, the inha- 

 bitants were dependent upon what rain could 

 be collected in a small muddy pond for their 

 supply of water. A little farther on we passed 

 three or four tombs, but could gain no information 

 of the existence of other ruins so near the sea- 

 coast. But Tchookoorbye was a place named 

 to us at both Isna and here, as the site of an 

 ancient city above Antiphilo. In three hours 

 after leaving Isna, we had reached the head of 

 Port Vathy, where we were attracted by the 

 groups of Sarcophagi that line the road leading 



