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enthusiasm for the Greek relics, from having 

 accompanied Sir C. Fellows on his second jour- 

 ney, and was well acquainted with the objects re- 

 presented in the book. The drawings seemed to 

 excite a greater interest than the originals would 

 have done, — none more so than the coloured 

 rock sculpture from a tomb at Dembra ; and, 

 after addressing the attendants and bystanders, to 

 know if any of them had seen the tomb, the kadi 

 said he would go and see it himself on his next 

 visit to Dembra. We met him a few days after 

 at the very spot ; but his curiosity for ancient 

 relics had evaporated during the short interval, 

 damped most probably by the difficulty of clam- 

 bering over rocks and precipices to reach them ; 

 for he confessed he had not yet been to see 

 any one of them. Before leaving us, he commu- 

 nicated a piece of disagreeable information re- 

 specting Erness : — that village, he said, had been 

 placed under a rigid quarantine, in consequence 

 of a disease prevailing, which had been pro- 

 nounced the plague, and caused several deaths. 

 This we regretted, as it would prevent our exam- 

 ining the ruins reported to exist there, with the 

 care they deserved. 



March 16th. — After breakfast we prepared to 



