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hundred, were variously employed ; not a few 

 of them bathing in the stream after the fatigues 

 of their day's work. We were soon conveyed 

 across, and have reason to remember the hospit- 

 able reception we met with from the officers in 

 charge of the party, who, as well as the men, 

 were not a little surprised at the sudden appari- 

 tion of three unknown Englishmen in nonde- 

 script attire. From the moment we arrived, 

 we became absorbed in the interesting operations 

 in progress for the removal of the marbles, and 

 shared in the enthusiastic zeal of those who 

 planned and guided them. Various were the 

 devices for transporting the heavy cases which 

 contained the sculptures by pontoons and land- 

 carriages, some drawn by English sailors, others 

 by bullocks under charge of the Turks. To 

 expedite operations the shore party was divided 

 into two encampments, one at the ruins of 

 Xanthus, under Lieut. Barker, and the other 

 at the beginning of the sand-hills below the 

 flats, under Lieutenants Henneh and Need of 

 the Monarch, the whole being under the direc- 

 tion of Captain Warden of the Medea. 



At the lower encampment, the officers and 

 men were beginning to suffer much from the 



