140 BAYMALIK. 

 are told that some rain water may be found stag- 

 nant in two or three sarcophagi which we shall 

 pass near the summit of the mountain. We had 

 some difficulty in finding a guide to accompany 

 us. One was at length induced by the offer of 

 a dollar and a half, but not until we had been 

 some time seated in our saddles, ready to start. 

 We proceeded through the plain to the west- 

 ward, leaving our guide to overtake us, whilst he 

 ran to his cottage for his gun and wallet of pro- 

 visions — simply a few barley cakes to last him 

 the journey. In three quarters of an hour we 

 crossed the bed of the Dembra, and shortly af- 

 terwards passed through the village of Baymalik 

 situated at the west end of a large lagoon which 

 is separated from the sea by a long, narrow 

 tongue of land. Captain Beaufort observed some 

 remains in the sea, near the entrance of the 

 lagoon, which were pointed out to us by our 

 guide, appearing as rocks just above the surface 

 of the water. The priest at the Monastery of 

 St. Nicolo had informed us that they were not 

 Hellenic. The road continues from the village 

 about two hundred feet above the south margin 

 of the lagoon, over a rocky but woody face of 

 a hill which slopes down to it. We reached 



