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larly engraven on a rock by the sea side, to 

 which he was taken in a boat, it being known 

 only to a few boys, who had observed it when 

 bathing. 



March l%th. — Heavy rains have confined us 

 to the house for nearly two days. We are 

 enabled, however, this afternoon, to ride to 

 Piandury, some ruins situated over the south- 

 east corner of the bay of Sevedo. Captain 

 Beaufort thus describes a part of them : — 

 " In the limestone cliff that rises from Port 

 Sevedo, there are several sepulchres or catacombs 

 hollowed out of the rock ; many sarcophagi are 

 also scattered on the side of the hill." 



It being late in the day when we were en- 

 abled to leave Antiphellus, we had not time to 

 examine the cliff and the above-mentioned 

 tombs ; but proceeded at once to the walls of a 

 small city or fortress, which is situated on the 

 hill above the cliff. These walls are in a very 

 fair state of preservation, beautifully constructed 

 with irregular but hewn blocks of limestone, 

 the outer surface being cushioned or rusticated : 

 they enclose an area of two or three hundred 

 yards only. At its upper end is a tower or 

 citadel built in the same semi-cyclop^an style. 



